From kumar.mcmillan at gmail.com Tue May 1 20:20:43 2007 From: kumar.mcmillan at gmail.com (Kumar McMillan) Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 13:20:43 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] know someone looking for an internship? Message-ID: Dear coders, hackers, professors, and/or students... We are looking to fill several paid internship positions at the company I work for, http://leapfrogonline.com/ . The ideal candidate should have some programming experience and be enthusiastic about using open source tools like Python, Django, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Subversion, etc. This is a perfect opportunity to start working *on* a real development team (not as an assistant to one). Your time will probably be focused on testing/ Quality Assurance strategies to creatively code your way out of problems that deal with large amounts of data and high traffic web applications. We also need help with maintaining our cluster of build/test machines and organizing our documentation. To get familiar with some work we do, here are a couple open source projects we are involved in: http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/ http://code.google.com/p/fixture/ This would be a 3 month minimum commitment with the potential to go full-time, but that is flexible. The work would be onsite in Evanston, just off the Dempster stop on the purple line. Send your resume to techposition at xfer.leapfrogonline.net . [Please forward or post this message where appropriate.] thanks, Kumar McMillan Senior Software Engineer Leapfrog Online From ebjono at gmail.com Wed May 2 00:33:29 2007 From: ebjono at gmail.com (Jono) Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 16:33:29 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] ZUI for webcomic Message-ID: Hello everybody, At the previous ChiPy meeting I did a presentation on the very early stages of my ZUI (zooming user interface) aimed at webcomic creation. At the end of the talk, I said I would be sharing my code so you could all have a look at it. Several weeks went by when I was too busy with Humanized stuff to do anything on this, but I have now created a project on Google Code. It's at: http://code.google.com/p/rchi-zui/ The SVN url for anonymous checkout is: http://rchi-zui.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ And I have a blog post about the project here: http://www.evilbrainjono.net/cgi-bin/blog/showblog.cgi?permalink=366 (The webcomic I'm working on is at http://www.evilbrainjono.net, if you're at all interested in that. It does have Python jokes in it.) This is still in its very very early stages. The code is totally messy and full of ugly kluges and hard-coded stuff. But there's a readme and a todo list included in the checkout which should make it make a little more sense. If you're interested in contributing to this, email me personally at ebjono at gmail.com, and I can add your name to the google code project so you can make commits. Thanks for your time, everyone. See you at the next ChiPy meeting! From jquigley at jquigley.com Wed May 2 06:50:39 2007 From: jquigley at jquigley.com (John Quigley) Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 23:50:39 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Chicago GNU/Linux Meeting: May 5 Message-ID: <4638189F.9050800@jquigley.com> Folks: The Chicago GNU/Linux Group is meeting on Cinco de Mayo, Saturday, May 5th, 2007 at 3:00pm. As a part of our Chicago Open Source Tour, we'll be meeting at the Cleversafe, Inc. offices, right off the red and green lines by US Cellular Field: http://tinyurl.com/2j22sn Our presentations are set to be: * Programming with Lua (Tristan Sloughter) * Ruby on Rails (Evan Farrar) * Intro To Unicode (Clyde Forrester) We'll be celebrating Cinco de Mayo as a group with a soccer game before the meeting, at 1p, and a BBQ with drinks at a nearby house afterwards, around 6p. This is a community thing, and we'd love to see some new faces, so please come on out! Here is a map that plots out where we'll be: http://www.jquigley.com/tmp/cinco-de-mayo-directions.jpg For further information, please visit our website: http://www.chicagolug.org/ Also, feel free to call or email me directly with questions or concerns. Regards, John Quigley web: http://www.jquigley.com/ cell: 312.351.3671 mail: jq at jquigley.com From list at phaedrusdeinus.org Wed May 2 23:47:02 2007 From: list at phaedrusdeinus.org (John Melesky) Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 16:47:02 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Announcing TechCoffee, Season 4 Message-ID: <00B43063-F1B2-4B5F-9923-28383AB43463@phaedrusdeinus.org> Hear, ye! Hear, ye! TechCoffee is set to begin its fourth Season! TechCoffee Season 4 starts Monday, May 7th, at 6AM, and continues for ten weeks. Do you code in your off time? Do you really *want* to code in your off time, but end up engaging in debates on Slashdot instead? At TechCoffee, you get up early, and go hang out for a couple hours with other people who are coding. It's like a running club, only creative. Or a knitting bee with less chitchat. Or a hackathon that lasts only a couple hours. It's an idea that's had three successful seasons so far, and is primed to get us up and out in the morning air. WHEN: Show up at 6AM Monday morning (May 7th), and every monday morning after that, till July 9th. WHERE: The Caribou Coffee located at 200 N LaSalle (the corner of LaSalle and Lake), easily accessible from all L lines. For more details (including maps and such), hit http://techcoffee.com/ Ten weeks is how long we last. One commit a week is all we ask. -johnnnnnnnnn From elerner at wkdown.com Fri May 4 06:06:50 2007 From: elerner at wkdown.com (Ed Lerner) Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 23:06:50 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] [Ubuntu Chicago] Chicago GNU/Linux Meeting: May 5 In-Reply-To: <4638189F.9050800@jquigley.com> References: <4638189F.9050800@jquigley.com> Message-ID: <463AB15A.3060504@wkdown.com> John Quigley wrote: > Folks: > > The Chicago GNU/Linux Group is meeting on Cinco de Mayo, Saturday, May > 5th, 2007 at 3:00pm. As a part of our Chicago Open Source Tour, we'll > be meeting at the Cleversafe, Inc. offices, right off the red and green > lines by US Cellular Field: > > http://tinyurl.com/2j22sn > > Our presentations are set to be: > > * Programming with Lua (Tristan Sloughter) > * Ruby on Rails (Evan Farrar) > * Intro To Unicode (Clyde Forrester) > > We'll be celebrating Cinco de Mayo as a group with a soccer game before > the meeting, at 1p, and a BBQ with drinks at a nearby house afterwards, > around 6p. This is a community thing, and we'd love to see some new > faces, so please come on out! > > Here is a map that plots out where we'll be: > > http://www.jquigley.com/tmp/cinco-de-mayo-directions.jpg > > For further information, please visit our website: > > http://www.chicagolug.org/ > > Also, feel free to call or email me directly with questions or concerns. > > Regards, > John Quigley > web: http://www.jquigley.com/ > cell: 312.351.3671 > mail: jq at jquigley.com > > I hope to make it to the meeting. If I don't, everyone have a look see at this and see what you think. http://groups.myspace.com/ubuntuchicago Its not finished yet obviously, and I'd love some input. We need to put the word out even to the MySpace users! Feel free to email me comments ... elerner AT wkdown DOT com From skip at pobox.com Mon May 7 15:03:46 2007 From: skip at pobox.com (skip at pobox.com) Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 08:03:46 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Tech Coffee 5/7 Message-ID: <17983.9138.614819.864921@montanaro.dyndns.org> Good to meet the Tech Coffee gang this morning. We were a rowdy bunch. Not. I'm going to use the time to try to (re)learn Pylons. So far so good. Skip From varmaa at gmail.com Mon May 7 16:25:59 2007 From: varmaa at gmail.com (Atul Varma) Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 09:25:59 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] ChiPy meeting this thursday Message-ID: <361b27370705070725o3bcb52bblaeb047ce5555d56c@mail.gmail.com> The ChiPy meeting is this thursday (the 10th), right? Are we having it at Skinnycorp? Who's presenting? I recall that Peter Fein mentioned he'd like to give a setuptools/easy-install talk. Peter, are you still up for that? - Atul -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/chicago/attachments/20070507/47e21c7b/attachment.htm From chris.mcavoy at gmail.com Mon May 7 16:31:10 2007 From: chris.mcavoy at gmail.com (Chris McAvoy) Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 09:31:10 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] ChiPy meeting this thursday In-Reply-To: <361b27370705070725o3bcb52bblaeb047ce5555d56c@mail.gmail.com> References: <361b27370705070725o3bcb52bblaeb047ce5555d56c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <3096c19d0705070731m2a9701cbq5ed9a491afb4df5b@mail.gmail.com> On 5/7/07, Atul Varma wrote: > The ChiPy meeting is this thursday (the 10th), right? Yep. > Are we having it at Skinnycorp? Who's presenting? Yes, I'm not entirely sure. > I recall that Peter Fein mentioned he'd like to give a > setuptools/easy-install talk. Peter, are you still up for that? Pete? I'm getting the details on the venue. I was going to suggest lighting talks this month (along with Pete), to flesh out the schedule. So, if you have a potential 5 minute talk, start thinking about it. Chris From pfein at pobox.com Mon May 7 16:37:24 2007 From: pfein at pobox.com (Pete) Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 09:37:24 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] ChiPy meeting this thursday In-Reply-To: <361b27370705070725o3bcb52bblaeb047ce5555d56c@mail.gmail.com> References: <361b27370705070725o3bcb52bblaeb047ce5555d56c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <200705070937.24712.pfein@pobox.com> On Monday May 7 2007 9:25 am, Atul Varma wrote: > The ChiPy meeting is this thursday (the 10th), right? > > Are we having it at Skinnycorp? Who's presenting? Works for me. > I recall that Peter Fein mentioned he'd like to give a > setuptools/easy-install talk. Peter, are you still up for that? Eh, sure. I definitely want to talk about "Installing things with setuptools" and I can also cover a bit of "Packaging with distutils", depending on how long y'all want to hear me blather/how copious my free time is this week. -- Peter Fein || 773-575-0694 || pfein at pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~pfein/ || PGP: 0xCCF6AE6B irc: pfein at freenode.net || jabber: peter.fein at gmail.com From varmaa at gmail.com Mon May 7 16:44:53 2007 From: varmaa at gmail.com (Atul Varma) Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 09:44:53 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] ChiPy meeting this thursday In-Reply-To: <200705070937.24712.pfein@pobox.com> References: <361b27370705070725o3bcb52bblaeb047ce5555d56c@mail.gmail.com> <200705070937.24712.pfein@pobox.com> Message-ID: <361b27370705070744j1ff243d1v321d15344ddbe007@mail.gmail.com> That would be cool, Pete... There are a lot of things I like about setuptools but I'm not very keen on the fact that it sort of seems to be "at war" with distutils, which goes against the "there's only one way to do it" grain of Python... Some insight into this issue would be much appreciated, if you have any. I'd be into giving a 5-minute lightning talk. Over the past month I've been casually working on the ZVM project that Ben started and I could walk through a very tiny "case study" of some work I did on integrating ZVM (written in Python) with a C API called Glk. It'd also motivate me to work a little more on said integration before the meeting. :) - Atul On 5/7/07, Pete wrote: > > On Monday May 7 2007 9:25 am, Atul Varma wrote: > > The ChiPy meeting is this thursday (the 10th), right? > > > > Are we having it at Skinnycorp? Who's presenting? > > Works for me. > > > I recall that Peter Fein mentioned he'd like to give a > > setuptools/easy-install talk. Peter, are you still up for that? > > Eh, sure. > > I definitely want to talk about "Installing things with setuptools" and I > can > also cover a bit of "Packaging with distutils", depending on how long > y'all > want to hear me blather/how copious my free time is this week. > > -- > Peter Fein || 773-575-0694 || pfein at pobox.com > http://www.pobox.com/~pfein/ || PGP: 0xCCF6AE6B > irc: pfein at freenode.net || jabber: peter.fein at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/chicago/attachments/20070507/410946c2/attachment.html From jdh2358 at gmail.com Mon May 7 16:49:24 2007 From: jdh2358 at gmail.com (John Hunter) Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 09:49:24 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] quantitative strategies -- position in financial industry Message-ID: <88e473830705070749q78226b14s1d760e836e4701cb@mail.gmail.com> Hi all, fellow chipy lurker and one time chipy presenter here. I left academia fairly recently (October 2005) for a research programmer job at Tradelink, an investment and trading firm in downtown Chicago. We use python extensively here, and are looking to add to our team. See below for more details -- you can reply in person to me or to the email address listed below. Thanks, John Hunter We are looking to hire a programmer/researcher to help research and develop trading ideas, and to develop infrastructure to put these trading strategies into production. We are looking for someone who is bright and curious with a quantitative background and a strong interest in writing good code and building systems that work. Familiarity with basic probability and statistics is a definite plus. We do not require a financial background, but are looking for someone with an enthusiasm to dive into this industry and learn a lot. We do most of our data modeling and production software in python, utilizing mostly open source tools. We have a lot of ideas to test and hopefully put into production, and you'll be working with a fast paced and friendly small team of traders and programmers. Applying: Please submit a resume and cover letter to qsjobs at trdlnk.com. In your cover letter, please address how your background, experience and skills will fit into the position described above. We are looking for a full-time, on-site candidate only. About Us: TradeLink Holdings LLC is a diversified alternative investment, trading and software firm. Headquartered in Chicago, TradeLink Holdings LLC includes a number of closely related entities. Since its organization in 1979, TradeLink has been actively engaged in the securities, futures, options, and commodities trading industries. Engaged in the option arbitrage business since 1983, TradeLink has a floor trading and/or electronic trading interface in commodity options, financial futures and options, and currency futures and options at all major U.S. exchanges. TradeLink is involved in various market-making programs in many different exchanges around the world, including over-the-counter derivatives markets. http://www.tradelinkllc.com From john at phaedrusdeinus.org Mon May 7 17:09:22 2007 From: john at phaedrusdeinus.org (johnnnnnnn) Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 10:09:22 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] ChiPy meeting this thursday In-Reply-To: <361b27370705070725o3bcb52bblaeb047ce5555d56c@mail.gmail.com> References: <361b27370705070725o3bcb52bblaeb047ce5555d56c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: > Who's presenting? I was thinking of doing a presentation on Bayes Theorem (i.e., who's that mathematician filtering my spam?) if there's interest. -johnnnnnnn From skip at pobox.com Mon May 7 18:02:06 2007 From: skip at pobox.com (skip at pobox.com) Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 11:02:06 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] ChiPy meeting this thursday In-Reply-To: References: <361b27370705070725o3bcb52bblaeb047ce5555d56c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <17983.19838.567481.503129@montanaro.dyndns.org> johnnnnnnn> I was thinking of doing a presentation on Bayes Theorem johnnnnnnn> (i.e., who's that mathematician filtering my spam?) if johnnnnnnn> there's interest. That would be interesting (I'm one of the SpamBayes developers), but alas, I won't be there. My evenings have enough other obligations... Skip From chris.mcavoy at gmail.com Tue May 8 16:18:35 2007 From: chris.mcavoy at gmail.com (Chris McAvoy) Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 09:18:35 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] ChiPy meeting Thursday May 10, 7pm Message-ID: <3096c19d0705080718g9657ae2h52f31101cf51f2ad@mail.gmail.com> Chicago Python User Group ========================= Come join us for our best meeting ever! Topics ------ Lightning talks! setuptools, zvm, bayesian stuff, all kinds of great mini-talks with a Python twist, bring yours! Location -------- Skinnycorp (http://skinnycorp.com) 4043 N. Ravenswood Ave. Chicago Suite 106 About ChiPy ----------- ChiPy is a group of Chicago Python Programmers, l33t, and n00bs. Meetings are held monthly at various locations around Chicago. Also, ChiPy is a proud sponsor of many Open Source and Educational efforts in Chicago. Stay tuned to the mailing list for more info. ChiPy website: ChiPy Mailing List: Python website: From pfein at pobox.com Tue May 8 16:34:00 2007 From: pfein at pobox.com (Pete) Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 09:34:00 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Using Setuptools: Your Head vs. The Wall Message-ID: <200705080934.01201.pfein@pobox.com> So I think I'm going to restrict my talk to setuptools, largely b/c I'm getting bored of looking at it & I have Real Work todo. So I'm not gonna cover "Packaging with Distutils", which has been done to death on the Interweb already. I'dl be happy to talk answer questions on either / dig up links on packaging though. I'll probably post my slides Wednesday or Thursday. -- Peter Fein || 773-575-0694 || pfein at pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~pfein/ || PGP: 0xCCF6AE6B irc: pfein at freenode.net || jabber: peter.fein at gmail.com From skip at pobox.com Wed May 9 02:58:52 2007 From: skip at pobox.com (skip at pobox.com) Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 19:58:52 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Tech Coffee Suggestion: SpamBayes + Roundup = spam-free tracker??? Message-ID: <17985.7372.81586.677533@montanaro.dyndns.org> Are there any Roundup gurus in the corral? The python.org folks would like to switch the core issue tracker from SourceForge to Roundup. There's just one itty bitty problem: wiki/blog spam. For example: http://bugs.python.org/issue1030 I know how to do the SpamBayes side of things but know absolutely nothing about Roundup (and was told it's a bit of a challenge). Would someone like to collaborate on this at Tech Coffee the next few weeks? Thanks, Skip Montanaro From pfein at pobox.com Wed May 9 15:37:01 2007 From: pfein at pobox.com (Pete) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 08:37:01 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Tech Coffee Suggestion: SpamBayes + Roundup = spam-free tracker??? In-Reply-To: <17985.7372.81586.677533@montanaro.dyndns.org> References: <17985.7372.81586.677533@montanaro.dyndns.org> Message-ID: <200705090837.01925.pfein@pobox.com> On Tuesday May 8 2007 7:58 pm, skip at pobox.com wrote: > Are there any Roundup gurus in the corral? The python.org folks would like > to switch the core issue tracker from SourceForge to Roundup. There's just > one itty bitty problem: wiki/blog spam. For example: > > http://bugs.python.org/issue1030 > > I know how to do the SpamBayes side of things but know absolutely nothing > about Roundup (and was told it's a bit of a challenge). Would someone like > to collaborate on this at Tech Coffee the next few weeks? You might take a look at akismet (I haven't tried it): http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/akismet/0.1.4 "Akismet is a web service for recognising spam comments." --Pete -- Peter Fein || 773-575-0694 || pfein at pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~pfein/ || PGP: 0xCCF6AE6B irc: pfein at freenode.net || jabber: peter.fein at gmail.com From Trisha.Buendia at dreamworks.com Tue May 8 23:16:21 2007 From: Trisha.Buendia at dreamworks.com (Buendia, Trisha) Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 14:16:21 -0700 Subject: [Chicago] DreamWorks Animation Hiring - Technology Positions - 5/8/07 Message-ID: <3D0ED99268547D4F90B09EED37878873074F6B6F@megaera.pdi.com> DreamWorks Animation is hiring! Positions are located at both of our California studios: *Redwood City (San Francisco Bay area) *Glendale (Los Angeles area) TO APPLY: Please paste/copy resume in the body of an email and send to jobs at dreamworks.com . (DO NOT HIT REPLY TO THIS ADDRESS) Please do not send attachments due to virus concerns. Shrek us out at www.dreamworksanimation.com for more detailed job descriptions and studio information. CURRENT OPEN POSITIONS Production (Python) Engineer (Glendale & Redwood City) The Production Engineering group designs, implements, and maintains software that "glues" together the software and data used in the creation of animated feature films. Production engineers understand the entire computer animation process and use that knowledge to develop the DreamWorks global animation pipeline. We are seeking a highly motivated person with experience in both software development and in computer animation production. Software Infrastructure Engineer - Python Lead (Glendale) DreamWorks Animation is looking for an experienced software engineer with a strong background in developing python libraries and python interfaces for C and C++ libraries. Responsibilities will include developing core python libraries, leading the effort of porting tools written in our proprietary scripting language to python, expanding python interfaces for internally developed C and C++ libraries, and providing guidance/training for development teams to create and maintain python interfaces. This engineer will interact closely with technical production teams; good communication skills and an attention to detail are essential. R&D Manager (Redwood City) The R&D Manager is responsible for leading the overall operational direction, goals, and strategies of the software group. A desire to keep abreast of developments and new technologies in the field, and an ability to nurture and promote technical creativity at PDI/DreamWorks are a must. The position affords immersion with projects from the pre-production stage through project delivery. Software Engineer - Animation Tools (Glendale & Redwood City) DreamWorks Animation is looking for an experienced software engineer to join the development team responsible for the company's proprietary character animation tools. Responsibilities will include a mix of developing new systems, maintaining existing tools, and supporting artists in their production tasks. This engineer will interact closely with animators and technical users to help establish the direction for these tools. Attention to detail and good communication skills are essential. Software Engineer - Core Libraries (Glendale & Redwood City) DreamWorks Animation is looking for an experienced software engineer with strong background in core library development. Responsibilities include interacting closely with application and production engineers to support and enhance core libraries and APIs common to many applications used in our feature animation pipeline. Additional responsibilities involve helping establish long term technical direction surrounding these libraries, object models and interfaces. Attention to detail and good communication skills are essential. Software Engineer - Rigging (Glendale & Redwood City) DreamWorks Animation is looking for an experienced, detail oriented C++ software engineer to join the development team responsible for the company's proprietary character setup tools. Responsibilities will include a mix of developing new systems, maintaining existing tools, and supporting artists in their production tasks. This engineer will interact closely with Char TD artists and technical users to help establish the direction for these tools. Good communication skills are essential. Software Infrastructure Engineer - Geometry Pipeline / OpenGL (Glendale & Redwood City) DreamWorks Animation is looking for an experienced software engineer with a strong background in OpenGL development with real time GPU / GPGPU experience. Responsibilities will include developing a next generation geometry display pipeline, to be leveraged by our proprietary animation and rendering tools. Candidates should have experience with highly complex data sets with an understanding of 3D geometry principles. Attention to detail and good communication skills are essential. Software Engineer - Rendering (Glendale & Redwood City) DreamWorks Animation is looking for an experienced software engineer to join the development team responsible for the company's proprietary lighting and rendering tools. Responsibilities will include a mix of developing new systems, maintaining existing tools, and supporting artists in their production tasks. This engineer will interact closely with lighters and technical users to help establish the direction for these tools. Attention to detail and good communication skills are essential. Software Application Engineer - Crowd Tools (Glendale & Redwood City) DreamWorks Animation is looking for an experienced software engineer to join the development team responsible for the company's crowd simulation tools. This engineer will interact closely with production artists, pipeline engineers and systems engineers to help establish the direction of these tools. Attention to detail and good communication skills are essential. Post Technology Engineer - Media Tools (Redwood City) Responsibilities include define and provide support for editorial pipelines and Post Technology processes across both Redwood City & Glendale sites, working with other departmental engineers to advance the direction and technology of editorial workflow, supporting the existing software pipeline infrastructure, deployment and support of proprietary tools, supporting editorial staff and production by providing assistance and/or training when needed, working with Production Management, the editorial staffs on all shows, and Technical Production Staff to determine structure of technical process for the editorial/deliveries pipeline and integration, interfacing with editorial and production artists to determine their needs and prioritize against studio initiatives, interface with Marketing/Public Relations on Consumer Products projects that require editorial-related tasks, working with Production Management & Technical Production staff on deliverables (i.e. digital cinema, film) and other tape & file formats Post Technology Engineer - Imaging (Glendale & Redwood City) The Post Technology Engineer is primarily responsible for providing support to our team of color and digital playback developers, and existing Post Technology toolsets. The engineer will interface with other Technology departments on a limited basis in support of projects currently in co-development, as well as Production, and Post Production, throughout the creative process, and through to delivery. We are looking for someone who has a broad and agile knowledge base who can interface well with users from a variety of backgrounds, and with varied skill sets. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/chicago/attachments/20070508/25ca3a82/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 6032 bytes Desc: image001.jpg Url : http://mail.python.org/pipermail/chicago/attachments/20070508/25ca3a82/attachment-0002.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I imagine the PSF would be able to cajole the Akismet people into letting us use it for free, but if I was able to implement something generic (which could go into Roundup's distribution) that wouldn't help all the other organizations out there. SpamBayes is already free. If a Roundup+SpamBayes solution is made available the only extra "cost" should be to install SB. Skip From varmaa at gmail.com Wed May 9 18:47:39 2007 From: varmaa at gmail.com (Atul Varma) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 11:47:39 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Tech Coffee Suggestion: SpamBayes + Roundup = spam-free tracker??? In-Reply-To: <17985.61756.158039.282992@montanaro.dyndns.org> References: <17985.7372.81586.677533@montanaro.dyndns.org> <200705090837.01925.pfein@pobox.com> <17985.61756.158039.282992@montanaro.dyndns.org> Message-ID: <361b27370705090947r54283312t3d53adc57decf66@mail.gmail.com> Hi Skip, I'm not familiar with Roundup, unfortunately, but I am familiar with the internals of Trac, so if that is ever an option I would be interested in helping. - Atul On 5/9/07, skip at pobox.com wrote: > > > Pete> You might take a look at akismet (I haven't tried it): > Pete> http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/akismet/0.1.4 > > Pete> "Akismet is a web service for recognising spam comments." > > That would just replace one technology I don't understand (Roundup) with > two > (Akismet & Roundup), so wouldn't bring me any closer to a solution. Also, > as I understand it Akismet isn't free for other than personal use. I > imagine the PSF would be able to cajole the Akismet people into letting us > use it for free, but if I was able to implement something generic (which > could go into Roundup's distribution) that wouldn't help all the other > organizations out there. SpamBayes is already free. If a > Roundup+SpamBayes > solution is made available the only extra "cost" should be to install SB. > > Skip > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/chicago/attachments/20070509/3013a21b/attachment.html From fitz at red-bean.com Wed May 9 20:18:15 2007 From: fitz at red-bean.com (Brian W. Fitzpatrick) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 13:18:15 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] DreamWorks Animation Hiring - Technology Positions - 5/8/07 In-Reply-To: <3D0ED99268547D4F90B09EED37878873074F6B6F@megaera.pdi.com> References: <3D0ED99268547D4F90B09EED37878873074F6B6F@megaera.pdi.com> Message-ID: And what in the heck does this have to do with *CHICAGO*? -Fitz On 5/8/07, Buendia, Trisha wrote: <> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/chicago/attachments/20070509/724cdba8/attachment.htm From rcriii at ramsdells.net Wed May 9 21:00:44 2007 From: rcriii at ramsdells.net (Robert Ramsdell) Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 14:00:44 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] ChiPy meeting Thursday May 10, 7pm In-Reply-To: <3096c19d0705080718g9657ae2h52f31101cf51f2ad@mail.gmail.com> References: <3096c19d0705080718g9657ae2h52f31101cf51f2ad@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1178737244.23866.1.camel@Virginia> This week I am actually going to make it. No trips or other conflicts. I will be leaving my Oakbrook offices about 6:00 if anyone wishes to share a ride. Robert On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 09:18 -0500, Chris McAvoy wrote: > Chicago Python User Group > ========================= > > Come join us for our best meeting ever! > > Topics > ------ > > Lightning talks! setuptools, zvm, bayesian stuff, all kinds of great > mini-talks with a Python twist, bring yours! > > Location > -------- > > Skinnycorp (http://skinnycorp.com) > 4043 N. Ravenswood Ave. Chicago Suite 106 > > About ChiPy > ----------- > > ChiPy is a group of Chicago Python Programmers, l33t, and n00bs. > Meetings are held monthly at various locations around Chicago. > Also, ChiPy is a proud sponsor of many Open Source and Educational > efforts in Chicago. Stay tuned to the mailing list for more info. > > ChiPy website: > ChiPy Mailing List: > Python website: > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > From jsudlow at gmail.com Wed May 9 21:01:16 2007 From: jsudlow at gmail.com (Jon Sudlow) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 14:01:16 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Python is so good to me Message-ID: Hi all, My name is Jon, I go to North Park University on the North Side of chi-town. I just took my python programming final today. I just have to say, writing say, galaxian in java, python was a pure joy to operate for writing craps simulations. Python lets me get my hands dirty and thats the best way I learn the language. I think I did really well, maybe 100%. Just saying Hi as a fellow advocate and long living appreciator of the fine scripting language python is. Thanks guido, you have made my school work a lot easier. -- Jon Sudlow 3225 Foster Avenue Chicago, Il 311 Solburg Hall -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/chicago/attachments/20070509/871789fe/attachment.html From skip at pobox.com Wed May 9 21:23:30 2007 From: skip at pobox.com (skip at pobox.com) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 14:23:30 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Python is so good to me In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <17986.8114.625836.473223@montanaro.dyndns.org> Jon> My name is Jon, I go to North Park University on the North Side of Jon> chi-town. I just took my python programming final today. I just Jon> have to say, writing say, galaxian in java, python was a pure joy Jon> to operate for writing craps simulations. Jon, welcome to the group. I have to ask though, North Park University being a religious affiliated university didn't they frown on you implementing a craps simulation as your project??? ;-) Skip From emperorcezar at gmail.com Wed May 9 22:13:34 2007 From: emperorcezar at gmail.com (Adam Jenkins) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 16:13:34 -0400 Subject: [Chicago] DreamWorks Animation Hiring - Technology Positions - 5/8/07 In-Reply-To: References: <3D0ED99268547D4F90B09EED37878873074F6B6F@megaera.pdi.com> Message-ID: <58a5f2220705091313t2a1641c3h528d49c55d43dabc@mail.gmail.com> Python job postings. Especially for a well known place like Dreamworks are always welcome with me. On 5/9/07, Brian W. Fitzpatrick wrote: > And what in the heck does this have to do with *CHICAGO*? > > -Fitz > > On 5/8/07, Buendia, Trisha wrote: > <> > > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > -- --------------------------------------- Adam Jenkins emperorcezar at gmail.com 312-399-5161 --------------------------------------- From ianb at colorstudy.com Wed May 9 22:00:25 2007 From: ianb at colorstudy.com (Ian Bicking) Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 16:00:25 -0400 Subject: [Chicago] Python is so good to me In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46422859.8030100@colorstudy.com> Jon Sudlow wrote: > Hi all, > > My name is Jon, I go to North Park University on the North Side of > chi-town. I just took my python programming final today. I just have to > say, writing say, galaxian in java, python was a pure joy to operate for > writing craps simulations. Python lets me get my hands dirty and thats > the best way I learn the language. I think I did really well, maybe > 100%. Just saying Hi as a fellow advocate and long living appreciator of > the fine scripting language python is. Thanks guido, you have made my > school work a lot easier. BTW, if you are interested in game programming in Python, you might be interested in the OLPC group too: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Chicago_Interest_Group From fitz at red-bean.com Wed May 9 22:34:24 2007 From: fitz at red-bean.com (Brian W. Fitzpatrick) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 15:34:24 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] DreamWorks Animation Hiring - Technology Positions - 5/8/07 In-Reply-To: <58a5f2220705091313t2a1641c3h528d49c55d43dabc@mail.gmail.com> References: <3D0ED99268547D4F90B09EED37878873074F6B6F@megaera.pdi.com> <58a5f2220705091313t2a1641c3h528d49c55d43dabc@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: On 5/9/07, Adam Jenkins wrote: > Python job postings. Especially for a well known place like Dreamworks > are always welcome with me. OK then where do we draw the line? Is it OK for any well known company with a Python job anywhere in the US to post job openings here? What about in the world? I just find these sort of "shotgun" type spam postings to be annoying. It's one thing if you've got Python jobs open here in Chicago, but in California? Come on--if we're OK with that, then it's just a matter of time until this list becomes yet another recruiter spam trap for unimaginative recruiters across the US. Just my $0.02 -Fitz From tcp at mac.com Wed May 9 22:39:58 2007 From: tcp at mac.com (Ted Pollari) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 15:39:58 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] DreamWorks Animation Hiring - Technology Positions - 5/8/07 In-Reply-To: References: <3D0ED99268547D4F90B09EED37878873074F6B6F@megaera.pdi.com> <58a5f2220705091313t2a1641c3h528d49c55d43dabc@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <10A4ACCE-1BF2-4010-B2D4-8E59C43BB295@mac.com> On May 9, 2007, at 3:34 PM, Brian W. Fitzpatrick wrote: > OK then where do we draw the line? Is it OK for any well known > company with a Python job anywhere in the US to post job openings > here? What about in the world? I'd say draw that line when it needs to be drawn. At the moment, such emails are few and far between, and thus the burden of gettin' all strict and the bad mojo that brings out weighs the trouble of ignoring a few recruiters trying to bribe us for our snake handling skills. or something like that... -ted From fitz at red-bean.com Wed May 9 22:44:42 2007 From: fitz at red-bean.com (Brian W. Fitzpatrick) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 15:44:42 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] DreamWorks Animation Hiring - Technology Positions - 5/8/07 In-Reply-To: <10A4ACCE-1BF2-4010-B2D4-8E59C43BB295@mac.com> References: <3D0ED99268547D4F90B09EED37878873074F6B6F@megaera.pdi.com> <58a5f2220705091313t2a1641c3h528d49c55d43dabc@mail.gmail.com> <10A4ACCE-1BF2-4010-B2D4-8E59C43BB295@mac.com> Message-ID: On 5/9/07, Ted Pollari wrote: > > On May 9, 2007, at 3:34 PM, Brian W. Fitzpatrick wrote: > > > OK then where do we draw the line? Is it OK for any well known > > company with a Python job anywhere in the US to post job openings > > here? What about in the world? > > > I'd say draw that line when it needs to be drawn. At the moment, > such emails are few and far between, and thus the burden of gettin' > all strict and the bad mojo that brings out weighs the trouble of > ignoring a few recruiters trying to bribe us for our snake handling > skills. > > or something like that... Fair enough. I'll back off. -Fitz From emperorcezar at gmail.com Wed May 9 22:47:35 2007 From: emperorcezar at gmail.com (Adam Jenkins) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 16:47:35 -0400 Subject: [Chicago] DreamWorks Animation Hiring - Technology Positions - 5/8/07 In-Reply-To: References: <3D0ED99268547D4F90B09EED37878873074F6B6F@megaera.pdi.com> <58a5f2220705091313t2a1641c3h528d49c55d43dabc@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <58a5f2220705091347g32e8aa54nfb01dbd3efdd0533@mail.gmail.com> I personally would hope that there comes a day when there are enough python jobs that there can be python spam. On 5/9/07, Brian W. Fitzpatrick wrote: > On 5/9/07, Adam Jenkins wrote: > > Python job postings. Especially for a well known place like Dreamworks > > are always welcome with me. > > OK then where do we draw the line? Is it OK for any well known > company with a Python job anywhere in the US to post job openings > here? What about in the world? > > I just find these sort of "shotgun" type spam postings to be annoying. > It's one thing if you've got Python jobs open here in Chicago, but in > California? Come on--if we're OK with that, then it's just a matter > of time until this list becomes yet another recruiter spam trap for > unimaginative recruiters across the US. > > Just my $0.02 > > -Fitz > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > -- --------------------------------------- Adam Jenkins emperorcezar at gmail.com 312-399-5161 --------------------------------------- From varmaa at gmail.com Wed May 9 22:48:02 2007 From: varmaa at gmail.com (Atul Varma) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 15:48:02 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] DreamWorks Animation Hiring - Technology Positions - 5/8/07 In-Reply-To: <10A4ACCE-1BF2-4010-B2D4-8E59C43BB295@mac.com> References: <3D0ED99268547D4F90B09EED37878873074F6B6F@megaera.pdi.com> <58a5f2220705091313t2a1641c3h528d49c55d43dabc@mail.gmail.com> <10A4ACCE-1BF2-4010-B2D4-8E59C43BB295@mac.com> Message-ID: <361b27370705091348lb89d325rc529635ebdcd6fb7@mail.gmail.com> On 5/9/07, Ted Pollari wrote: > > > On May 9, 2007, at 3:34 PM, Brian W. Fitzpatrick wrote: > > > OK then where do we draw the line? Is it OK for any well known > > company with a Python job anywhere in the US to post job openings > > here? What about in the world? We draw the line at California. I'm tired of seeing people move there. :P Seriously, though, I agree with what Ted said. - Atul -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/chicago/attachments/20070509/cff59297/attachment.html From chris.mcavoy at gmail.com Wed May 9 22:53:37 2007 From: chris.mcavoy at gmail.com (Chris McAvoy) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 15:53:37 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] California, was that bit about Dreamworks. Message-ID: <3096c19d0705091353y607bcf11j1ef5f499cb314cb2@mail.gmail.com> On 5/9/07, Atul Varma wrote: > On 5/9/07, Ted Pollari wrote: > > > > On May 9, 2007, at 3:34 PM, Brian W. Fitzpatrick wrote: > > > > > OK then where do we draw the line? Is it OK for any well known > > > company with a Python job anywhere in the US to post job openings > > > here? What about in the world? > > We draw the line at California. I'm tired of seeing people move there. > Yeah...no doubt. I've been to California, many times. I wouldn't want to live there. Ever. You get soft. I have nothing to say beyond that. There's a ton of cool companies in California that I'd love to work for...just not live by. Harumph! Harumph! Chris From tcp at mac.com Wed May 9 23:09:04 2007 From: tcp at mac.com (Ted Pollari) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 16:09:04 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] California, was that bit about Dreamworks. In-Reply-To: <3096c19d0705091353y607bcf11j1ef5f499cb314cb2@mail.gmail.com> References: <3096c19d0705091353y607bcf11j1ef5f499cb314cb2@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <3A75E743-4A05-4315-B6C0-CFEC5CEBEA97@mac.com> On May 9, 2007, at 3:53 PM, Chris McAvoy wrote: > Yeah...no doubt. I've been to California, many times. I wouldn't > want to live there. Ever. You get soft. > > I have nothing to say beyond that. There's a ton of cool companies in > California that I'd love to work for...just not live by. Harumph! > Harumph! Heh. I was just thinking something along the same lines... like "gee, it'd be cool to work for a big name place like dreamworks, even if it isn't cool, I could look cool while I was actually all sad inside, if it sucked...but it'd sound cool... but wait, I'd be in California...and THAT would suck". -t From tim.saylor at gmail.com Wed May 9 23:24:21 2007 From: tim.saylor at gmail.com (Tim Saylor) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 16:24:21 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Python is so good to me Message-ID: <9fb45b0b0705091424g7593451g784b01a2bd8c01bf@mail.gmail.com> Jon, I used to think the same thing, then I took a data mining class and wrote one of those algorithms in python. That was a nightmare. Python is great, just remember to use C when it's warranted. (And do most of that work through SWIG anyway ;) ) From clint at bluehatsecurity.com Wed May 9 23:38:02 2007 From: clint at bluehatsecurity.com (Clint Laskowski) Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 16:38:02 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Windows GUI and Python Message-ID: <46423F3A.2060206@bluehatsecurity.com> It's been a while since I've done any Windows GUI development (and was never very proficient at it before). Now, I want to try some new ideas in Python which will need a Windows GUI. Can someone post an update on the current best tools, etc. In the past, I've tried Gtk, Wx, and Tk in the past. Any help will be appreciated. -- Clint --- . Clint Laskowski, CISSP . email: clint at bluehatsecurity.com . mobile: 414-807-8845 From varmaa at gmail.com Thu May 10 02:20:03 2007 From: varmaa at gmail.com (Atul Varma) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 19:20:03 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Windows GUI and Python In-Reply-To: <46423F3A.2060206@bluehatsecurity.com> References: <46423F3A.2060206@bluehatsecurity.com> Message-ID: <361b27370705091720g10effaacpbc123550963d1186@mail.gmail.com> If using .NET is an option, I've heard surprisingly good things about Windows Forms programming in IronPython. http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ironpython/winforms/index.shtml Just looking at the code samples, it seems quite straightforward. I find WxPython confusing and have a difficult time navigating its documentation. - Atul On 5/9/07, Clint Laskowski wrote: > It's been a while since I've done any Windows GUI development (and was > never very proficient at it before). > > Now, I want to try some new ideas in Python which will need a Windows GUI. > > Can someone post an update on the current best tools, etc. > > In the past, I've tried Gtk, Wx, and Tk in the past. > > Any help will be appreciated. > > -- Clint > > --- > . Clint Laskowski, CISSP > . email: clint at bluehatsecurity.com > . mobile: 414-807-8845 > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > From carl at personnelware.com Thu May 10 02:20:19 2007 From: carl at personnelware.com (Carl Karsten) Date: Wed, 09 May 2007 19:20:19 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Windows GUI and Python In-Reply-To: <46423F3A.2060206@bluehatsecurity.com> References: <46423F3A.2060206@bluehatsecurity.com> Message-ID: <46426543.5070504@personnelware.com> Clint Laskowski wrote: > It's been a while since I've done any Windows GUI development (and was > never very proficient at it before). > > Now, I want to try some new ideas in Python which will need a Windows GUI. > > Can someone post an update on the current best tools, etc. > > In the past, I've tried Gtk, Wx, and Tk in the past. > > Any help will be appreciated. If you can come to tomorrows meeting, I can show you what I just did and talk about it. Carl K From andrew at humanized.com Thu May 10 07:01:48 2007 From: andrew at humanized.com (Andrew Wilson) Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 00:01:48 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] California, was that bit about Dreamworks. In-Reply-To: <3A75E743-4A05-4315-B6C0-CFEC5CEBEA97@mac.com> References: <3096c19d0705091353y607bcf11j1ef5f499cb314cb2@mail.gmail.com> <3A75E743-4A05-4315-B6C0-CFEC5CEBEA97@mac.com> Message-ID: Aw, come on; California isn't a bad place to live. I mean, it's got weather of just about any variety you want; the world's best produce valleys; mountains; oceans; deserts; canyons; beaches... You know, all those things I missed out on growing up in the gently-rolling to utterly-flat realms of the upper midwest. It's those darned tech companies and military contractors that suck all of the life out of the state. -- Andrew On 5/9/07, Ted Pollari wrote: > > > On May 9, 2007, at 3:53 PM, Chris McAvoy wrote: > > > Yeah...no doubt. I've been to California, many times. I wouldn't > > want to live there. Ever. You get soft. > > > > I have nothing to say beyond that. There's a ton of cool companies in > > California that I'd love to work for...just not live by. Harumph! > > Harumph! > > > > Heh. I was just thinking something along the same lines... like > "gee, it'd be cool to work for a big name place like dreamworks, even > if it isn't cool, I could look cool while I was actually all sad > inside, if it sucked...but it'd sound cool... but wait, I'd be in > California...and THAT would suck". > > -t > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/chicago/attachments/20070510/c2a754cc/attachment.html From dave.swartzendruber at bluwater.com Thu May 10 03:31:43 2007 From: dave.swartzendruber at bluwater.com (Dave Swartzendruber) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 18:31:43 -0700 Subject: [Chicago] RoR & Python Dev oppty - North Chicago Message-ID: <186BD481E2056F488D437DE4E563D463A43379@neo.bluwater.com> Where can I network with RoR and Python Developers within the Chicago area? 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URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/chicago/attachments/20070509/03fcb0a0/attachment.html From skip at pobox.com Thu May 10 14:55:29 2007 From: skip at pobox.com (skip at pobox.com) Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 07:55:29 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] RoR & Python Dev oppty - North Chicago In-Reply-To: <186BD481E2056F488D437DE4E563D463A43379@neo.bluwater.com> References: <186BD481E2056F488D437DE4E563D463A43379@neo.bluwater.com> Message-ID: <17987.5697.187842.671331@montanaro.dyndns.org> Dave> Where can I network with RoR and Python Developers within the Dave> Chicago area? Come to tonight's monthly ChiPy get-together: http://www.chipy.org/#next-meeting Also, post your job announcements to the Python Job Board: http://www.python.org/community/jobs/ The howto page gives directions and a template for submissions: http://www.python.org/community/jobs/howto/ Skip From pfein at pobox.com Thu May 10 21:25:22 2007 From: pfein at pobox.com (Pete) Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 14:25:22 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Using Setuptools: Your Head vs. The Wall In-Reply-To: <200705080934.01201.pfein@pobox.com> References: <200705080934.01201.pfein@pobox.com> Message-ID: <200705101425.22848.pfein@pobox.com> On Tuesday May 8 2007 9:34 am, Pete wrote: > I'll probably post my slides Wednesday or Thursday. Slides are available at http://pfein.s3.amazonaws.com/s5-setuptools/s5-setuptools.html This is an S5 presentation; you'll need to use Firefox, though I think IE works too (konqueror doesn't so probably not safari either). Though it'll be more entertaining for all of us if you wait to view the slides until they're accompanied by my witty banter. ;-) --Pete -- Peter Fein || 773-575-0694 || pfein at pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~pfein/ || PGP: 0xCCF6AE6B irc: pfein at freenode.net || jabber: peter.fein at gmail.com From asl2 at pobox.com Fri May 11 03:12:52 2007 From: asl2 at pobox.com (Aaron Lav) Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 21:12:52 -0400 Subject: [Chicago] Using Setuptools: Your Head vs. The Wall In-Reply-To: <200705101425.22848.pfein@pobox.com> References: <200705080934.01201.pfein@pobox.com> <200705101425.22848.pfein@pobox.com> Message-ID: <20070511011252.GA83@panix.com> On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 02:25:22PM -0500, Pete wrote: > On Tuesday May 8 2007 9:34 am, Pete wrote: > > I'll probably post my slides Wednesday or Thursday. > > Slides are available at > http://pfein.s3.amazonaws.com/s5-setuptools/s5-setuptools.html > > This is an S5 presentation; you'll need to use Firefox, though I think IE > works too (konqueror doesn't so probably not safari either). > > Though it'll be more entertaining for all of us if you wait to view the slides > until they're accompanied by my witty banter. ;-) The slides were much more impressive on the big screen. Aaron From varmaa at gmail.com Fri May 11 03:58:46 2007 From: varmaa at gmail.com (Atul Varma) Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 20:58:46 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] One Laptop Per Chlld - Chicago Mailing List and Wiki Message-ID: <361b27370705101858t747fcc17m6adf27dae5ca2793@mail.gmail.com> Here's the mailing list: http://mailman.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-chicago Here's the Wiki page: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Chicago_Interest_Group - Atul -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/chicago/attachments/20070510/d1179e28/attachment.htm From chris.mcavoy at gmail.com Fri May 11 16:19:30 2007 From: chris.mcavoy at gmail.com (Chris McAvoy) Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 09:19:30 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Thanks Skinnycorp Message-ID: <3096c19d0705110719n3bb979a7n8fa1daba9975a9f5@mail.gmail.com> Good meeting last night folks...thanks to Skinnycorp for hosting, and all our presenters for presenting. Chris From hsu.feihong at yahoo.com Sun May 13 04:42:15 2007 From: hsu.feihong at yahoo.com (Feihong Hsu) Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 19:42:15 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Chicago] Windows GUI and Python Message-ID: <278115.12694.qm@web34809.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I second the recommendation on Windows Forms, but I recommend the "Python for .NET" library instead of IronPython. Developing with IronPython is a bit slower because IronPython starts up much slower than CPython. Uh, I was supposed to give a talk on this very topic, but I was busy and I didn't go to this month's meeting. I said I'd post my slides, but apparently I have no motivation to finish those slides unless I know I'm giving a talk in a few hours. I find wxPython tolerable, and I know it pretty well after using it extensively for a few projects. Here is the breakdown of how I'd compare the two GUI frameworks: wxPython PROs: - Cross platform - Killer demo app with tons of useful examples - You can a buy a book on it (wxPython in Action) wxPython CONs: - Reference docs are for the C++ library - Documentation is somewhat incomplete - Layout code is complicated - Event handling is complicated Windows Forms PROs: - Not really cross platform (unless you stick with .NET 1.1 controls and IronPython) - Documentation is VERY complete (one page of description for every method!) and there are many examples embedded in the documentation - Event handling is simple Windows Forms CONs: - Documentation is for the C# library, and so are the examples - Layout code is simple, but verbose and idiomatic - When your Python code crashes, you don't get a nice stack trace (unless you explicitly use the traceback module along with try/except blocks) - Set of core controls is somewhat small (compared to wxPython) The two libraries have different strengths and weaknesses. Personally I prefer Windows Forms over wxPython, by quite a bit. Since I already know C#, I can follow the documentation quite easily. Also, the API is more consistent than wxPython's, so sometimes I can just guess the name of the method or property I need and don't even have to look it up. If I had to support Linux, I'd first think about whether I could just use a subset of features available to IronPython for Mono. I'd also maybe consider the console-based Urwid library, which is only available for Linux. - Feihong "Atul Varma" wrote: > > If using .NET is an option, I've heard surprisingly good things about > Windows Forms programming in IronPython. > > http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ironpython/winforms/index.shtml > > Just looking at the code samples, it seems quite straightforward. > > I find WxPython confusing and have a difficult time navigating its documentation. > > - Atul > On 5/9/07, Clint Laskowski wrote: > It's been a while since I've done any Windows GUI development (and was > never very proficient at it before). > > Now, I want to try some new ideas in Python which will need a Windows GUI. > > Can someone post an update on the current best tools, etc. > > In the past, I've tried Gtk, Wx, and Tk in the past. > > Any help will be appreciated. > > -- Clint > > --- > . 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Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html From szybalski at gmail.com Sun May 13 06:41:23 2007 From: szybalski at gmail.com (Lukasz Szybalski) Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 23:41:23 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Windows GUI and Python In-Reply-To: <46423F3A.2060206@bluehatsecurity.com> References: <46423F3A.2060206@bluehatsecurity.com> Message-ID: <804e5c70705122141r6bcaa813redadccdd4410fdac@mail.gmail.com> try: DABO http://dabodev.com/ On 5/9/07, Clint Laskowski wrote: > It's been a while since I've done any Windows GUI development (and was > never very proficient at it before). > > Now, I want to try some new ideas in Python which will need a Windows GUI. > > Can someone post an update on the current best tools, etc. > > In the past, I've tried Gtk, Wx, and Tk in the past. > > Any help will be appreciated. > > -- Clint > > --- > . Clint Laskowski, CISSP > . email: clint at bluehatsecurity.com > . mobile: 414-807-8845 > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > -- -- Linux is not magic. It just works. http://www.lucasmanual.com Fax Server from start to finish: http://www.lucasmanual.com/pdf/FaxServer.pdf From joebaker at dcresearch.com Thu May 17 15:58:38 2007 From: joebaker at dcresearch.com (Joe Baker) Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 08:58:38 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Using Setuptools: Your Head vs. The Wall In-Reply-To: <200705101425.22848.pfein@pobox.com> References: <200705080934.01201.pfein@pobox.com> <200705101425.22848.pfein@pobox.com> Message-ID: <1179410319.13799.11.camel@apps.nelfc.com> Thanks for putting the slides up. I noticed that on my Ubuntu Linux system running Firefox, that there was a problem with the fonts where black and blue words overlapped their positions. Pressing ctrl- to reduce the font size seemed to solve the problem. -Joe Baker On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 14:25 -0500, Pete wrote: > On Tuesday May 8 2007 9:34 am, Pete wrote: > > I'll probably post my slides Wednesday or Thursday. > > Slides are available at > http://pfein.s3.amazonaws.com/s5-setuptools/s5-setuptools.html > From emperorcezar at gmail.com Thu May 17 18:00:44 2007 From: emperorcezar at gmail.com (Adam Jenkins) Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 11:00:44 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Using Setuptools: Your Head vs. The Wall In-Reply-To: <1179410319.13799.11.camel@apps.nelfc.com> References: <200705080934.01201.pfein@pobox.com> <200705101425.22848.pfein@pobox.com> <1179410319.13799.11.camel@apps.nelfc.com> Message-ID: <58a5f2220705170900t45a074acka466a7585b7dc5cf@mail.gmail.com> Is there a way to go back a slide, or is foward the only option? On 5/17/07, Joe Baker wrote: > Thanks for putting the slides up. I noticed that on my Ubuntu Linux > system running Firefox, that there was a problem with the fonts where > black and blue words overlapped their positions. Pressing ctrl- sign> to reduce the font size seemed to solve the problem. > > -Joe Baker > > On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 14:25 -0500, Pete wrote: > > On Tuesday May 8 2007 9:34 am, Pete wrote: > > > I'll probably post my slides Wednesday or Thursday. > > > > Slides are available at > > http://pfein.s3.amazonaws.com/s5-setuptools/s5-setuptools.html > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > -- --------------------------------------- Adam Jenkins emperorcezar at gmail.com 312-399-5161 --------------------------------------- From pfein at pobox.com Thu May 17 19:02:44 2007 From: pfein at pobox.com (Pete) Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 12:02:44 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Using Setuptools: Your Head vs. The Wall In-Reply-To: <58a5f2220705170900t45a074acka466a7585b7dc5cf@mail.gmail.com> References: <200705080934.01201.pfein@pobox.com> <1179410319.13799.11.camel@apps.nelfc.com> <58a5f2220705170900t45a074acka466a7585b7dc5cf@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <200705171202.45043.pfein@pobox.com> If you move your mouse to the lower-right corner, you'll get a control widget. You can go forward with space/enter/right/down/pgdown. You can go back with left/up/pageup. If you type in a ##, you'll go to that page. The empty-set symbol (0 w/ slash) toggles to handout mode. Yes, you may need to ctrl-plus/ctrl-minus to get the fonts to fit. So it goes. Should work in FF, IE, Opera and not much else. I can try to generate a PDF version if someone wants it. More at: http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/ http://docutils.sourceforge.net/ also has a ReST to S5 converter, which I wish I had known about. HTH. --Pete On Thursday May 17 2007 11:00 am, Adam Jenkins wrote: > Is there a way to go back a slide, or is foward the only option? > > On 5/17/07, Joe Baker wrote: > > Thanks for putting the slides up. I noticed that on my Ubuntu Linux > > system running Firefox, that there was a problem with the fonts where > > black and blue words overlapped their positions. Pressing ctrl- > sign> to reduce the font size seemed to solve the problem. > > > > -Joe Baker > > > > On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 14:25 -0500, Pete wrote: > > > On Tuesday May 8 2007 9:34 am, Pete wrote: > > > > I'll probably post my slides Wednesday or Thursday. > > > > > > Slides are available at > > > http://pfein.s3.amazonaws.com/s5-setuptools/s5-setuptools.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Chicago mailing list > > Chicago at python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago -- Peter Fein || 773-575-0694 || pfein at pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~pfein/ || PGP: 0xCCF6AE6B irc: pfein at freenode.net || jabber: peter.fein at gmail.com From maney at two14.net Thu May 17 21:30:18 2007 From: maney at two14.net (Martin Maney) Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 14:30:18 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Using Setuptools: Your Head vs. The Wall In-Reply-To: <200705171202.45043.pfein@pobox.com> References: <200705080934.01201.pfein@pobox.com> <1179410319.13799.11.camel@apps.nelfc.com> <58a5f2220705170900t45a074acka466a7585b7dc5cf@mail.gmail.com> <200705171202.45043.pfein@pobox.com> Message-ID: <20070517193018.GC13740@furrr.two14.net> On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 12:02:44PM -0500, Pete wrote: > If you move your mouse to the lower-right corner, you'll get a control widget. If you have to explain where the hidden control is, you don't need to waste time and money on usability testing: it's already failed. Just sayin'. -- During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity, in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution. -- James Madison From pfein at pobox.com Thu May 17 22:11:21 2007 From: pfein at pobox.com (Pete) Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 15:11:21 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Using Setuptools: Your Head vs. The Wall In-Reply-To: <20070517193018.GC13740@furrr.two14.net> References: <200705080934.01201.pfein@pobox.com> <200705171202.45043.pfein@pobox.com> <20070517193018.GC13740@furrr.two14.net> Message-ID: <200705171511.22246.pfein@pobox.com> On Thursday May 17 2007 2:30 pm, Martin Maney wrote: > On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 12:02:44PM -0500, Pete wrote: > > If you move your mouse to the lower-right corner, you'll get a control > > widget. > > If you have to explain where the hidden control is, you don't need to > waste time and money on usability testing: it's already failed. The giant list of navigation keystrokes is intended to be realtively idiotproof (or at least intuitive)... > Just sayin'. Eh, I figured it out pretty quickly the first time I viewied someone's S5 slides... If there's something better that's as easy to write with & portable, I'd be happy to use it. -- Peter Fein || 773-575-0694 || pfein at pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~pfein/ || PGP: 0xCCF6AE6B irc: pfein at freenode.net || jabber: peter.fein at gmail.com From ianb at colorstudy.com Fri May 18 18:18:31 2007 From: ianb at colorstudy.com (Ian Bicking) Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 11:18:31 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Using Setuptools: Your Head vs. The Wall In-Reply-To: <200705171511.22246.pfein@pobox.com> References: <200705080934.01201.pfein@pobox.com> <200705171202.45043.pfein@pobox.com> <20070517193018.GC13740@furrr.two14.net> <200705171511.22246.pfein@pobox.com> Message-ID: <464DD1D7.7070600@colorstudy.com> Pete wrote: > On Thursday May 17 2007 2:30 pm, Martin Maney wrote: >> On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 12:02:44PM -0500, Pete wrote: >>> If you move your mouse to the lower-right corner, you'll get a control >>> widget. >> If you have to explain where the hidden control is, you don't need to >> waste time and money on usability testing: it's already failed. > > The giant list of navigation keystrokes is intended to be realtively > idiotproof (or at least intuitive)... > >> Just sayin'. > > Eh, I figured it out pretty quickly the first time I viewied someone's S5 > slides... If there's something better that's as easy to write with & > portable, I'd be happy to use it. There isn't, at least last time I looked a few weeks ago. Disappointing. Someone should write another one. -- Ian Bicking | ianb at colorstudy.com | http://blog.ianbicking.org | Write code, do good | http://topp.openplans.org/careers From goodger at python.org Wed May 23 22:09:19 2007 From: goodger at python.org (David Goodger) Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 16:09:19 -0400 Subject: [Chicago] Chicago visit Message-ID: <4335d2c40705231309g6440a4ecjc6a6b41c69e5113f@mail.gmail.com> On my way to OSCON in July I will visit the Crowne Plaza hotel in Chicago, the venue for PyCon 2008 (& possibly 2009). I'm staying for 2 nights. I'll arrive in the morning on Friday July 20, tour the hotel that afternoon, check out Chicago a bit on Saturday July 21, and depart early Sunday morning. I'm preparing a checklist to cover with the hotel staff. Please suggest topics to discuss and things to check while I'm there. If anyone in the Chicago area would like to meet on the Friday evening or Saturday, please let me know. How about a ChiPy get-together? Suggestions for things to see and do would also be appreciated. Thanks! -- David Goodger From varmaa at gmail.com Wed May 23 22:21:18 2007 From: varmaa at gmail.com (Atul Varma) Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 15:21:18 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Chicago visit In-Reply-To: <4335d2c40705231309g6440a4ecjc6a6b41c69e5113f@mail.gmail.com> References: <4335d2c40705231309g6440a4ecjc6a6b41c69e5113f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <361b27370705231321p2a79cd0cs95577ec379028880@mail.gmail.com> On 5/23/07, David Goodger wrote: > If anyone in the Chicago area would like to meet on the Friday evening > or Saturday, please let me know. How about a ChiPy get-together? Count me in. > Suggestions for things to see and do would also be appreciated. Hmm, this might be cause to start a wiki page as a guide for Pycon-goers next year, but perhaps it's easiest to start with this email thread and copy things over later. If I had to recommend one single thing for visitors to see in Chicago, it'd be the the Chicago Architecture Foundation's Historic Skyscrapers walking tour [1]. I specifically recommend this over the CAF's more popular River Cruise because you actually get to go inside buildings and interact with the tour guide (the walking tours consist of 10-30 people, the boat tours are massive and the tour guide talks through a loudspeaker). I'm normally not a big fan of guided tours, but the Historic Skyscrapers tour is a notable exception and provides a great multi-disciplinary introduction to the city from historical, engineering, and artistic perspectives. If you like the Historic Skyscrapers Tour, their Modern Skyscrapers Tour is a natural follow-up [2]. - Atul [1] http://www.architecture.org/tour_view.aspx?TourID=73 [2] http://www.architecture.org/tour_view.aspx?TourID=7 From chris.mcavoy at gmail.com Wed May 23 23:27:21 2007 From: chris.mcavoy at gmail.com (Chris McAvoy) Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 16:27:21 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Chicago visit In-Reply-To: <4335d2c40705231309g6440a4ecjc6a6b41c69e5113f@mail.gmail.com> References: <4335d2c40705231309g6440a4ecjc6a6b41c69e5113f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <3096c19d0705231427h3ef49e0eq1308cc7d7c18862a@mail.gmail.com> On 5/23/07, David Goodger wrote: > If anyone in the Chicago area would like to meet on the Friday evening > or Saturday, please let me know. How about a ChiPy get-together? Sounds great! Chris From kumar.mcmillan at gmail.com Thu May 24 17:15:26 2007 From: kumar.mcmillan at gmail.com (Kumar McMillan) Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 10:15:26 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] ANN: nosetty 0.4 released (nose plugin) Message-ID: hey folks. Quite a few bugs have been fixed in the nosetty plugin and many editors are supported now (big thanks for everyone's input). In case you are using an older version of nosetty, now is a good time to upgrade. easy_install -U nosetty If you haven't tried nosetty, it seems to have stabilized so now would also be a good time to try it out. If you have no idea what I'm talking about .... "nosetty is a plugin for nose, a test runner for python. It accepts various commands at the terminal, giving you some one-on-one quality time with your tracebacks. Most importantly, editing a failure point is as easy as typing a number." http://code.google.com/p/nosetty/ http://nosetty.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/CHANGELOG.txt http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/ Please feel free to submit any issues if they arise to the issue tracker on the Google Code page. -Kumar From mw at media-objects.de Thu May 24 17:41:31 2007 From: mw at media-objects.de (Michael Weigend) Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 17:41:31 +0200 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago Message-ID: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> Thank you, Atul, for your suggestions for things to see in Chicago. I am a German Pythonist stopping by in Chicago (30.6. - 2.7.) on my way from a conference in Boston to some friends in Cincinnati, profiting from your knowledge about Chicago ... Regards Michael Michael Weigend Westf?lische Wilhelms-Universit?t M?nster Institut f?r Didaktik der Mathematik und der Informatik B?ro: Fliednerstrasse 21, Raum 2,407 Fl 48149 M?nster Telefon: +49 251 83-31390 Fax: +49 251 83-39369 E-Mail: michael.weigend at uni-muenster.de From mtobis at gmail.com Tue May 29 16:41:12 2007 From: mtobis at gmail.com (Michael Tobis) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 09:41:12 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> Message-ID: No visiting geek should miss the Leaning Tower of Niles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Niles mt On 5/24/07, Michael Weigend wrote: > Thank you, Atul, for your suggestions for things to see in Chicago. > I am a German Pythonist stopping by in Chicago (30.6. - 2.7.) on my way from > a conference in Boston to some friends in Cincinnati, profiting from your > knowledge about Chicago ... > > Regards > Michael > > Michael Weigend > Westf?lische Wilhelms-Universit?t M?nster > Institut f?r Didaktik der Mathematik und der Informatik > B?ro: Fliednerstrasse 21, Raum 2,407 Fl > 48149 M?nster > Telefon: +49 251 83-31390 > Fax: +49 251 83-39369 > E-Mail: michael.weigend at uni-muenster.de > > > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > From jason at hostedlabs.com Tue May 29 17:20:46 2007 From: jason at hostedlabs.com (Jason Rexilius) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 10:20:46 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> Message-ID: <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> I believe Michael was joking there.. There are the normal tourist things which are worth doing: - architectural boat tour from Navy Pier - observation deck in Sears tower There are the native Chicago gems: - jazz at the Greenmill (Al Capones old jazz bar) http://www.greenmilljazz.com/ - burgers from Billy Goat under the Wrigley building (saturday night live skit based on it) http://www.chicagobarproject.com/Reviews/BillyGoat/BillyGoat.htm - baseball game at Wrigley field (I hate baseball but its worth going and there are games the days you are here) http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=chc&m=6&y=2007 - dinner at 160blue (great restaurant): http://www.onesixtyblue.com/default.htm Music, theater, arts, etc.: http://www.chicagoreader.com/ Hope that helps! BTW.. DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES GO TO NILES.. yuck.. ;-) Michael Tobis wrote: > No visiting geek should miss the Leaning Tower of Niles. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Niles > > mt > > On 5/24/07, Michael Weigend wrote: >> Thank you, Atul, for your suggestions for things to see in Chicago. >> I am a German Pythonist stopping by in Chicago (30.6. - 2.7.) on my way from >> a conference in Boston to some friends in Cincinnati, profiting from your >> knowledge about Chicago ... >> >> Regards >> Michael >> >> Michael Weigend >> Westf?lische Wilhelms-Universit?t M?nster >> Institut f?r Didaktik der Mathematik und der Informatik >> B?ro: Fliednerstrasse 21, Raum 2,407 Fl >> 48149 M?nster >> Telefon: +49 251 83-31390 >> Fax: +49 251 83-39369 >> E-Mail: michael.weigend at uni-muenster.de >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chicago mailing list >> Chicago at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago >> > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago From mtobis at gmail.com Tue May 29 17:41:42 2007 From: mtobis at gmail.com (Michael Tobis) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 10:41:42 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> Message-ID: I really do think the LT is interesting enough to be worth a trip if you have a car and you can avoid rush hour. If you don't, definitely don't go out of your way... It's amusing enough, but only briefly. mt On 5/29/07, Jason Rexilius wrote: > I believe Michael was joking there.. > > There are the normal tourist things which are worth doing: > > - architectural boat tour from Navy Pier > > - observation deck in Sears tower > > > There are the native Chicago gems: > > - jazz at the Greenmill (Al Capones old jazz bar) > http://www.greenmilljazz.com/ > > - burgers from Billy Goat under the Wrigley building (saturday night > live skit based on it) > http://www.chicagobarproject.com/Reviews/BillyGoat/BillyGoat.htm > > - baseball game at Wrigley field (I hate baseball but its worth going > and there are games the days you are here) > http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=chc&m=6&y=2007 > > - dinner at 160blue (great restaurant): > http://www.onesixtyblue.com/default.htm > > > Music, theater, arts, etc.: > > http://www.chicagoreader.com/ > > > Hope that helps! > > > BTW.. > > DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES GO TO NILES.. > > yuck.. ;-) > > > > Michael Tobis wrote: > > No visiting geek should miss the Leaning Tower of Niles. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Niles > > > > mt > > > > On 5/24/07, Michael Weigend wrote: > >> Thank you, Atul, for your suggestions for things to see in Chicago. > >> I am a German Pythonist stopping by in Chicago (30.6. - 2.7.) on my way from > >> a conference in Boston to some friends in Cincinnati, profiting from your > >> knowledge about Chicago ... > >> > >> Regards > >> Michael > >> > >> Michael Weigend > >> Westf?lische Wilhelms-Universit?t M?nster > >> Institut f?r Didaktik der Mathematik und der Informatik > >> B?ro: Fliednerstrasse 21, Raum 2,407 Fl > >> 48149 M?nster > >> Telefon: +49 251 83-31390 > >> Fax: +49 251 83-39369 > >> E-Mail: michael.weigend at uni-muenster.de > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Chicago mailing list > >> Chicago at python.org > >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Chicago mailing list > > Chicago at python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > From ken at stox.org Tue May 29 17:57:04 2007 From: ken at stox.org (Kenneth P. Stox) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 10:57:04 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> Message-ID: <1180454224.7467.130.camel@stox.dyndns.org> On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 10:20 -0500, Jason Rexilius wrote: > BTW.. > > DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES GO TO NILES.. A true geek would want to go to Niles, not for the leaning tower, but to see the former home of Teletype Corporation, now the Village Crossing shopping center. Some remnants of the Teletype Facility still exist as parts of the parking garage. Yes, you too can stand on the hallowed ground where the ink jet printer was invented. Breath deep in the aura of the home of the TTY. You could also go to the condo's on Wrightwood whose building formerly housed the Morkrum-Kleinschmidt Corporation, which later became the Teletype Corporation. ;-> From varmaa at gmail.com Tue May 29 18:02:36 2007 From: varmaa at gmail.com (Atul Varma) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 11:02:36 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> Message-ID: <361b27370705290902u27c113cawd33a0723c6377ef9@mail.gmail.com> Michael, I'm glad that you found my suggestions helpful--please let me know if there's anything else you need to know about our city. If you're interested, there's also a number of community festivals and other interesting events going on in Chicago during the summer. Information about them--along with city-specifc news, articles, essays, and photography--can be found at an excellent local blog/webzine called Gaper's Block: http://www.gapersblock.com - Atul On 5/29/07, Michael Tobis wrote: > I really do think the LT is interesting enough to be worth a trip if > you have a car and you can avoid rush hour. > > If you don't, definitely don't go out of your way... It's amusing > enough, but only briefly. > > mt > > On 5/29/07, Jason Rexilius wrote: > > I believe Michael was joking there.. > > > > There are the normal tourist things which are worth doing: > > > > - architectural boat tour from Navy Pier > > > > - observation deck in Sears tower > > > > > > There are the native Chicago gems: > > > > - jazz at the Greenmill (Al Capones old jazz bar) > > http://www.greenmilljazz.com/ > > > > - burgers from Billy Goat under the Wrigley building (saturday night > > live skit based on it) > > http://www.chicagobarproject.com/Reviews/BillyGoat/BillyGoat.htm > > > > - baseball game at Wrigley field (I hate baseball but its worth going > > and there are games the days you are here) > > http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=chc&m=6&y=2007 > > > > - dinner at 160blue (great restaurant): > > http://www.onesixtyblue.com/default.htm > > > > > > Music, theater, arts, etc.: > > > > http://www.chicagoreader.com/ > > > > > > Hope that helps! > > > > > > BTW.. > > > > DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES GO TO NILES.. > > > > yuck.. ;-) > > > > > > > > Michael Tobis wrote: > > > No visiting geek should miss the Leaning Tower of Niles. > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Niles > > > > > > mt > > > > > > On 5/24/07, Michael Weigend wrote: > > >> Thank you, Atul, for your suggestions for things to see in Chicago. > > >> I am a German Pythonist stopping by in Chicago (30.6. - 2.7.) on my way from > > >> a conference in Boston to some friends in Cincinnati, profiting from your > > >> knowledge about Chicago ... > > >> > > >> Regards > > >> Michael > > >> > > >> Michael Weigend > > >> Westf?lische Wilhelms-Universit?t M?nster > > >> Institut f?r Didaktik der Mathematik und der Informatik > > >> B?ro: Fliednerstrasse 21, Raum 2,407 Fl > > >> 48149 M?nster > > >> Telefon: +49 251 83-31390 > > >> Fax: +49 251 83-39369 > > >> E-Mail: michael.weigend at uni-muenster.de > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Chicago mailing list > > >> Chicago at python.org > > >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Chicago mailing list > > > Chicago at python.org > > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > _______________________________________________ > > Chicago mailing list > > Chicago at python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > From mw at media-objects.de Tue May 29 18:13:16 2007 From: mw at media-objects.de (Michael Weigend) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 18:13:16 +0200 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> Message-ID: <005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1> Hi Jason, thank you for the extensive tourist information about Chicago. Indeed I am thinking about skipping the Niles tower, since we have something similar here in Europe;) By the way , do you know someone at the University of Chicago who might be willing to have cup of coffee with me and to chat about teaching Python and stuff like that... Michael asks ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Rexilius" To: "The Chicago Python Users Group" Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago I believe Michael was joking there.. There are the normal tourist things which are worth doing: - architectural boat tour from Navy Pier - observation deck in Sears tower There are the native Chicago gems: - jazz at the Greenmill (Al Capones old jazz bar) http://www.greenmilljazz.com/ - burgers from Billy Goat under the Wrigley building (saturday night live skit based on it) http://www.chicagobarproject.com/Reviews/BillyGoat/BillyGoat.htm - baseball game at Wrigley field (I hate baseball but its worth going and there are games the days you are here) http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=chc&m=6&y=2007 - dinner at 160blue (great restaurant): http://www.onesixtyblue.com/default.htm Music, theater, arts, etc.: http://www.chicagoreader.com/ Hope that helps! BTW.. DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES GO TO NILES.. yuck.. ;-) Michael Tobis wrote: > No visiting geek should miss the Leaning Tower of Niles. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Niles > > mt > > On 5/24/07, Michael Weigend wrote: >> Thank you, Atul, for your suggestions for things to see in Chicago. >> I am a German Pythonist stopping by in Chicago (30.6. - 2.7.) on my way >> from >> a conference in Boston to some friends in Cincinnati, profiting from your >> knowledge about Chicago ... >> >> Regards >> Michael >> >> Michael Weigend >> Westf?lische Wilhelms-Universit?t M?nster >> Institut f?r Didaktik der Mathematik und der Informatik >> B?ro: Fliednerstrasse 21, Raum 2,407 Fl >> 48149 M?nster >> Telefon: +49 251 83-31390 >> Fax: +49 251 83-39369 >> E-Mail: michael.weigend at uni-muenster.de >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chicago mailing list >> Chicago at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago >> > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago _______________________________________________ Chicago mailing list Chicago at python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago From stcorbett at gmail.com Tue May 29 18:25:46 2007 From: stcorbett at gmail.com (Sean Corbett) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 11:25:46 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: <361b27370705290902u27c113cawd33a0723c6377ef9@mail.gmail.com> References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> <361b27370705290902u27c113cawd33a0723c6377ef9@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: If you've not been, Melenium park is good. I've had a of people in town in the last few weeks and it was a big hit. The lakefront beaches, parks, and bike paths also have great views and a nice feel. Apparently most cities don't have beaches and parkways on their waterfronts. <- my .02 -Sean Corbett On 5/29/07, Atul Varma wrote: > > Michael, I'm glad that you found my suggestions helpful--please let me > know if there's anything else you need to know about our city. > > If you're interested, there's also a number of community festivals and > other interesting events going on in Chicago during the summer. > Information about them--along with city-specifc news, articles, > essays, and photography--can be found at an excellent local > blog/webzine called Gaper's Block: > > http://www.gapersblock.com > > - Atul > > On 5/29/07, Michael Tobis wrote: > > I really do think the LT is interesting enough to be worth a trip if > > you have a car and you can avoid rush hour. > > > > If you don't, definitely don't go out of your way... It's amusing > > enough, but only briefly. > > > > mt > > > > On 5/29/07, Jason Rexilius wrote: > > > I believe Michael was joking there.. > > > > > > There are the normal tourist things which are worth doing: > > > > > > - architectural boat tour from Navy Pier > > > > > > - observation deck in Sears tower > > > > > > > > > There are the native Chicago gems: > > > > > > - jazz at the Greenmill (Al Capones old jazz bar) > > > http://www.greenmilljazz.com/ > > > > > > - burgers from Billy Goat under the Wrigley building (saturday night > > > live skit based on it) > > > http://www.chicagobarproject.com/Reviews/BillyGoat/BillyGoat.htm > > > > > > - baseball game at Wrigley field (I hate baseball but its worth going > > > and there are games the days you are here) > > > http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=chc&m=6&y=2007 > > > > > > - dinner at 160blue (great restaurant): > > > http://www.onesixtyblue.com/default.htm > > > > > > > > > Music, theater, arts, etc.: > > > > > > http://www.chicagoreader.com/ > > > > > > > > > Hope that helps! > > > > > > > > > BTW.. > > > > > > DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES GO TO NILES.. > > > > > > yuck.. ;-) > > > > > > > > > > > > Michael Tobis wrote: > > > > No visiting geek should miss the Leaning Tower of Niles. > > > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Niles > > > > > > > > mt > > > > > > > > On 5/24/07, Michael Weigend wrote: > > > >> Thank you, Atul, for your suggestions for things to see in Chicago. > > > >> I am a German Pythonist stopping by in Chicago (30.6. - 2.7.) on my > way from > > > >> a conference in Boston to some friends in Cincinnati, profiting > from your > > > >> knowledge about Chicago ... > > > >> > > > >> Regards > > > >> Michael > > > >> > > > >> Michael Weigend > > > >> Westf?lische Wilhelms-Universit?t M?nster > > > >> Institut f?r Didaktik der Mathematik und der Informatik > > > >> B?ro: Fliednerstrasse 21, Raum 2,407 Fl > > > >> 48149 M?nster > > > >> Telefon: +49 251 83-31390 > > > >> Fax: +49 251 83-39369 > > > >> E-Mail: michael.weigend at uni-muenster.de > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> Chicago mailing list > > > >> Chicago at python.org > > > >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Chicago mailing list > > > > Chicago at python.org > > > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Chicago mailing list > > > Chicago at python.org > > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Chicago mailing list > > Chicago at python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/chicago/attachments/20070529/8a136e85/attachment-0001.html From ianb at colorstudy.com Tue May 29 18:28:33 2007 From: ianb at colorstudy.com (Ian Bicking) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 11:28:33 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> Message-ID: <465C54B1.2080400@colorstudy.com> Michael Weigend wrote: > Thank you, Atul, for your suggestions for things to see in Chicago. > I am a German Pythonist stopping by in Chicago (30.6. - 2.7.) on my way from > a conference in Boston to some friends in Cincinnati, profiting from your > knowledge about Chicago ... You might want to stop by our http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Chicago_Interest_Group -- Ian Bicking | ianb at colorstudy.com | http://blog.ianbicking.org | Write code, do good | http://topp.openplans.org/careers From ianb at colorstudy.com Tue May 29 18:45:01 2007 From: ianb at colorstudy.com (Ian Bicking) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 11:45:01 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: <005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1> References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> <005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1> Message-ID: <465C588D.3070104@colorstudy.com> Michael Weigend wrote: > Hi Jason, > > thank you for the extensive tourist information about Chicago. Indeed I am > thinking about skipping the Niles tower, since we have something similar > here in Europe;) > By the way , do you know someone at the University of Chicago who might be > willing to have cup of coffee with me and to chat about teaching Python and > stuff like that... You might want to stop by the OLPC sprint we're having on June 2: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Chicago_Interest_Group I guess there's not a ton of information there, but it's in Ravenswood on the North side of Chicago. -- Ian Bicking | ianb at colorstudy.com | http://blog.ianbicking.org | Write code, do good | http://topp.openplans.org/careers From aharrin at luc.edu Tue May 29 19:13:22 2007 From: aharrin at luc.edu (Andrew Harrington) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 12:13:22 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <465C5F32.9050206@luc.edu> Yes the lakefront path is very nice, past the boat harbors, out to the planetarium causeway, where you look back in at the city (favorite wedding picture location), and biking along looking at city skyline and lake. Also, bikes and 4 seat pedaled sort-of-carriages are available for rent right at the bike path at Navy Pier and other places. Andy > Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 11:25:46 -0500 > From: "Sean Corbett" > Subject: Re: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago > To: "The Chicago Python Users Group" > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > If you've not been, Melenium park is good. I've had a of people in town in > the last few weeks and it was a big hit. The lakefront beaches, parks, and > bike paths also have great views and a nice feel. Apparently most cities > don't have beaches and parkways on their waterfronts. <- my .02 > > -Sean Corbett > -- Andrew N. Harrington Computer Science Department Director of Academic Programs Loyola University Chicago http://www.cs.luc.edu/~anh 512B Lewis Towers (office) Phone: 312-915-7999 Snail mail to Lewis Towers 416 Fax: 312-915-7998 820 North Michigan Avenue gdp at cs.luc.edu for graduate admin Chicago, Illinois 60611 upd at cs.luc.edu for undergrad admin aharrin at luc.edu as professor From jason at hostedlabs.com Tue May 29 19:36:59 2007 From: jason at hostedlabs.com (Jason Rexilius) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 12:36:59 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: <005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1> References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> <005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1> Message-ID: <465C64BB.70104@hostedlabs.com> U of C + Python = dave beasley &| humanized guys.. They are all on this list so hopefully they will respond to you. Dave?.. Atul?.. Michael Weigend wrote: > Hi Jason, > > thank you for the extensive tourist information about Chicago. Indeed I am > thinking about skipping the Niles tower, since we have something similar > here in Europe;) > By the way , do you know someone at the University of Chicago who might be > willing to have cup of coffee with me and to chat about teaching Python and > stuff like that... > > Michael asks > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jason Rexilius" > To: "The Chicago Python Users Group" > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 5:20 PM > Subject: Re: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago > > > I believe Michael was joking there.. > > There are the normal tourist things which are worth doing: > > - architectural boat tour from Navy Pier > > - observation deck in Sears tower > > > There are the native Chicago gems: > > - jazz at the Greenmill (Al Capones old jazz bar) > http://www.greenmilljazz.com/ > > - burgers from Billy Goat under the Wrigley building (saturday night > live skit based on it) > http://www.chicagobarproject.com/Reviews/BillyGoat/BillyGoat.htm > > - baseball game at Wrigley field (I hate baseball but its worth going > and there are games the days you are here) > http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=chc&m=6&y=2007 > > - dinner at 160blue (great restaurant): > http://www.onesixtyblue.com/default.htm > > > Music, theater, arts, etc.: > > http://www.chicagoreader.com/ > > > Hope that helps! > > > BTW.. > > DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES GO TO NILES.. > > yuck.. ;-) > > > > Michael Tobis wrote: >> No visiting geek should miss the Leaning Tower of Niles. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Niles >> >> mt >> >> On 5/24/07, Michael Weigend wrote: >>> Thank you, Atul, for your suggestions for things to see in Chicago. >>> I am a German Pythonist stopping by in Chicago (30.6. - 2.7.) on my way >>> from >>> a conference in Boston to some friends in Cincinnati, profiting from your >>> knowledge about Chicago ... >>> >>> Regards >>> Michael >>> >>> Michael Weigend >>> Westf?lische Wilhelms-Universit?t M?nster >>> Institut f?r Didaktik der Mathematik und der Informatik >>> B?ro: Fliednerstrasse 21, Raum 2,407 Fl >>> 48149 M?nster >>> Telefon: +49 251 83-31390 >>> Fax: +49 251 83-39369 >>> E-Mail: michael.weigend at uni-muenster.de >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Chicago mailing list >>> Chicago at python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chicago mailing list >> Chicago at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago From jason at hostedlabs.com Tue May 29 19:45:45 2007 From: jason at hostedlabs.com (Jason Rexilius) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 12:45:45 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: <465C64BB.70104@hostedlabs.com> References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> <005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1> <465C64BB.70104@hostedlabs.com> Message-ID: <465C66C9.4020800@hostedlabs.com> oops.. spelt Daves name wrong.. Sorry Dave.. its Dave Beazley.. Jason Rexilius wrote: > U of C + Python = dave beasley &| humanized guys.. > > They are all on this list so hopefully they will respond to you. > > Dave?.. > > Atul?.. > > > > > Michael Weigend wrote: >> Hi Jason, >> >> thank you for the extensive tourist information about Chicago. Indeed I am >> thinking about skipping the Niles tower, since we have something similar >> here in Europe;) >> By the way , do you know someone at the University of Chicago who might be >> willing to have cup of coffee with me and to chat about teaching Python and >> stuff like that... >> >> Michael asks >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jason Rexilius" >> To: "The Chicago Python Users Group" >> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 5:20 PM >> Subject: Re: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago >> >> >> I believe Michael was joking there.. >> >> There are the normal tourist things which are worth doing: >> >> - architectural boat tour from Navy Pier >> >> - observation deck in Sears tower >> >> >> There are the native Chicago gems: >> >> - jazz at the Greenmill (Al Capones old jazz bar) >> http://www.greenmilljazz.com/ >> >> - burgers from Billy Goat under the Wrigley building (saturday night >> live skit based on it) >> http://www.chicagobarproject.com/Reviews/BillyGoat/BillyGoat.htm >> >> - baseball game at Wrigley field (I hate baseball but its worth going >> and there are games the days you are here) >> http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=chc&m=6&y=2007 >> >> - dinner at 160blue (great restaurant): >> http://www.onesixtyblue.com/default.htm >> >> >> Music, theater, arts, etc.: >> >> http://www.chicagoreader.com/ >> >> >> Hope that helps! >> >> >> BTW.. >> >> DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES GO TO NILES.. >> >> yuck.. ;-) >> >> >> >> Michael Tobis wrote: >>> No visiting geek should miss the Leaning Tower of Niles. >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Niles >>> >>> mt >>> >>> On 5/24/07, Michael Weigend wrote: >>>> Thank you, Atul, for your suggestions for things to see in Chicago. >>>> I am a German Pythonist stopping by in Chicago (30.6. - 2.7.) on my way >>>> from >>>> a conference in Boston to some friends in Cincinnati, profiting from your >>>> knowledge about Chicago ... >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Michael >>>> >>>> Michael Weigend >>>> Westf?lische Wilhelms-Universit?t M?nster >>>> Institut f?r Didaktik der Mathematik und der Informatik >>>> B?ro: Fliednerstrasse 21, Raum 2,407 Fl >>>> 48149 M?nster >>>> Telefon: +49 251 83-31390 >>>> Fax: +49 251 83-39369 >>>> E-Mail: michael.weigend at uni-muenster.de >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Chicago mailing list >>>> Chicago at python.org >>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Chicago mailing list >>> Chicago at python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago >> _______________________________________________ >> Chicago mailing list >> Chicago at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Chicago mailing list >> Chicago at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago From tcp at mac.com Tue May 29 20:01:44 2007 From: tcp at mac.com (Ted Pollari) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 13:01:44 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: <465C64BB.70104@hostedlabs.com> References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> <005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1> <465C64BB.70104@hostedlabs.com> Message-ID: On May 29, 2007, at 12:36 PM, Jason Rexilius wrote: > U of C + Python = dave beasley &| humanized guys.. > > They are all on this list so hopefully they will respond to you. > > Dave?.. > > Atul?.. > > > > > Michael Weigend wrote: >> Hi Jason, >> >> thank you for the extensive tourist information about Chicago. >> Indeed I am >> thinking about skipping the Niles tower, since we have something >> similar >> here in Europe;) >> By the way , do you know someone at the University of Chicago who >> might be >> willing to have cup of coffee with me and to chat about teaching >> Python and >> stuff like that... >> >> Michael asks Our group is at the University of Chicago and we use python for many data related tasks, but as of yet, we have no experience with it in teaching situations. If you're looking to head to the UofC, be advised that the UofC is out of the way when it comes to Chicago geography and public transportation -- it's not especially near any of the elevated train lines and is most easily accessed by car/taxi or bus from downtown (we're about 7 miles (~11-12km) south of downtown). -Ted -- Ted Pollari Research Programmer Department of Health Studies The University of Chicago tcp at uchicago.edu 773.834.0559 From chaves at computer.org Wed May 30 01:32:48 2007 From: chaves at computer.org (John A Chaves) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 18:32:48 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: <465C5F32.9050206@luc.edu> References: <465C5F32.9050206@luc.edu> Message-ID: <200705291832.48944.chaves@computer.org> On Tuesday 29 May 2007 12:13, Andrew Harrington wrote: > Yes the lakefront path is very nice, past the boat harbors, out to the > planetarium causeway, where you look back in at the city (favorite > wedding picture location), and biking along looking at city skyline and > lake. Also, bikes and 4 seat pedaled sort-of-carriages are available > for rent right at the bike path at Navy Pier and other places. Of course the true geek would want to tour the lakefront on a segway, all the while daydreaming about what kind of python API could be hacked into the machine... http://www.citysegwaytours.com/chicago/ From pfein at pobox.com Wed May 30 01:50:24 2007 From: pfein at pobox.com (Pete) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 18:50:24 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: <200705291832.48944.chaves@computer.org> References: <465C5F32.9050206@luc.edu> <200705291832.48944.chaves@computer.org> Message-ID: <200705291850.24874.pfein@pobox.com> On Tuesday May 29 2007 6:32 pm, John A Chaves wrote: > Of course the true geek would want to tour the lakefront on a segway, > all the while daydreaming about what kind of python API could be hacked > into the machine... > > http://www.citysegwaytours.com/chicago/ And this is why true geeks weigh 8,192 lbs and have monitor tans, b/c they're too entranced by tech toys to walk around in the sun. :-P Seriously, Chicago is pretty bike & pedestrian friendly. Certainly a better showing for the US than some other places which shall remain nameless, such as Dallas. -- Peter Fein || 773-575-0694 || pfein at pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~pfein/ || PGP: 0xCCF6AE6B irc: pfein at freenode.net || jabber: peter.fein at gmail.com From d-beazley at sbcglobal.net Wed May 30 13:00:55 2007 From: d-beazley at sbcglobal.net (David Beazley) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 04:00:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <39841.24324.qm@web81913.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --- chicago-request at python.org wrote: > > U of C + Python = dave beasley &| humanized guys.. > > They are all on this list so hopefully they will > respond to you. > > Dave?.. > I'd more than happy to meet up with anyone who wanted to talk about Python, teaching Python, or teaching at the UofC. The only caveat is trying to catch me while in town (at the moment, I'm teaching a Python course in Boston). Anyways, I would encourage the original poster to contact me directly if there is interest. Cheers, Dave From shekay at pobox.com Wed May 30 15:38:39 2007 From: shekay at pobox.com (sheila miguez) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 08:38:39 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> <005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1> <465C64BB.70104@hostedlabs.com> Message-ID: On 5/29/07, Ted Pollari wrote: > Our group is at the University of Chicago and we use python for many > data related tasks, but as of yet, we have no experience with it in > teaching situations. > > If you're looking to head to the UofC, be advised that the UofC is > out of the way when it comes to Chicago geography and public > transportation -- it's not especially near any of the elevated train > lines and is most easily accessed by car/taxi or bus from downtown > (we're about 7 miles (~11-12km) south of downtown). UofC is in Hyde Park, and if you take the red line to 55th Street you can catch the 55th street bus to it, but the Southside bus service sucks. They're usually late. Catch an express bus from downtown. Do a search on Hyde Park for interesting things to do. If you like museums, the Museum of Science and Industry is down there. I think the Oriental Institute is also there. I'm going to see Arcadia at the Court Theatre next week, so I know the Court Theatre is there. There's an interesting used bookstore, can't remember details. I can ask my bookstore friend if you're interested. Which neighborhood are you staying in? -- sheila From mtobis at gmail.com Wed May 30 15:54:26 2007 From: mtobis at gmail.com (Michael Tobis) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 08:54:26 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> <005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1> <465C64BB.70104@hostedlabs.com> Message-ID: There are several excellent used bookstores on 57th street between the train station and the campus, as well as many other interesting features. Maybe we should make a Chicago for nerds wiki and go to town on this... Anyway, if you have only a day or two in Chicago, you probably should pass up Hyde Park (unless you actually have a meeting with John Hunter or Dave Beazley or Ted or someone else) and the Leaning Tower of Niles as well (sigh). Here's some pictures I took around Hyde Park in case anybody is interested http://flickr.com/photos/mtobis/sets/72157594460503723/ mt On 5/30/07, sheila miguez wrote: > On 5/29/07, Ted Pollari wrote: > > > Our group is at the University of Chicago and we use python for many > > data related tasks, but as of yet, we have no experience with it in > > teaching situations. > > > > If you're looking to head to the UofC, be advised that the UofC is > > out of the way when it comes to Chicago geography and public > > transportation -- it's not especially near any of the elevated train > > lines and is most easily accessed by car/taxi or bus from downtown > > (we're about 7 miles (~11-12km) south of downtown). > > UofC is in Hyde Park, and if you take the red line to 55th Street you > can catch the 55th street bus to it, but the Southside bus service > sucks. They're usually late. Catch an express bus from downtown. > > Do a search on Hyde Park for interesting things to do. If you like > museums, the Museum of Science and Industry is down there. I think the > Oriental Institute is also there. > > I'm going to see Arcadia at the Court Theatre next week, so I know the > Court Theatre is there. > > There's an interesting used bookstore, can't remember details. I can > ask my bookstore friend if you're interested. > > Which neighborhood are you staying in? > > > > > -- > sheila > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > From chris.mcavoy at gmail.com Wed May 30 15:59:55 2007 From: chris.mcavoy at gmail.com (Chris McAvoy) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 08:59:55 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> <005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1> <465C64BB.70104@hostedlabs.com> Message-ID: <3096c19d0705300659q56e1eed3gf5f0e1bd1a225c2b@mail.gmail.com> On 5/30/07, Michael Tobis wrote: > > Maybe we should make a Chicago for nerds wiki and go to town on this... > That's a good idea. We could use these suggestions for Pycon. Maybe we could have a little ChiPy Chicago Pycon Nerd pamphlet printed up. That would be funny. Chris From sweetandlucky at yahoo.com Wed May 30 08:57:18 2007 From: sweetandlucky at yahoo.com (High Priority) Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 23:57:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Chicago] Donate wrt54gl please Message-ID: <300845.71567.qm@web36209.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Please email us re your donating wrt54gl to worthy people. I would liek to donate 2 FON linksys wrt54gl for the pycon if anyone would like to hack them...i.e. with 2 SSIDs, one FON and the other one private. also if you need network equipment such as Cisco router, etc...I can see I can borrow. Do you need someone volunteer for network design or implementation? I really want to learn Python...so any chance for me to earn brownie points would be appreciated. ____________________________________________________________________________________Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php From skip at pobox.com Wed May 30 16:02:40 2007 From: skip at pobox.com (skip at pobox.com) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 09:02:40 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> <005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1> <465C64BB.70104@hostedlabs.com> Message-ID: <18013.33792.271598.800400@montanaro.dyndns.org> mt> Anyway, if you have only a day or two in Chicago, you probably mt> should pass up Hyde Park (unless you actually have a meeting with mt> John Hunter or Dave Beazley or Ted or someone else) ... Don't go looking for John Hunter at the UofC. I know because his desk is just a few yards from mine and last time I checked I wasn't at UofC either. ;-) Skip From tcp at mac.com Wed May 30 16:26:48 2007 From: tcp at mac.com (Ted Pollari) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 09:26:48 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: <3096c19d0705300659q56e1eed3gf5f0e1bd1a225c2b@mail.gmail.com> References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> <005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1> <465C64BB.70104@hostedlabs.com> <3096c19d0705300659q56e1eed3gf5f0e1bd1a225c2b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1578F5B3-B868-4362-958A-F8FE7CEFDC7E@mac.com> On May 30, 2007, at 8:59 AM, Chris McAvoy wrote: > That's a good idea. We could use these suggestions for Pycon. > > Maybe we could have a little ChiPy Chicago Pycon Nerd pamphlet > printed up. > > That would be funny. > > Chris +1 -t From varmaa at gmail.com Wed May 30 16:44:46 2007 From: varmaa at gmail.com (Atul Varma) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 09:44:46 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: <1578F5B3-B868-4362-958A-F8FE7CEFDC7E@mac.com> References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> <005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1> <465C64BB.70104@hostedlabs.com> <3096c19d0705300659q56e1eed3gf5f0e1bd1a225c2b@mail.gmail.com> <1578F5B3-B868-4362-958A-F8FE7CEFDC7E@mac.com> Message-ID: <361b27370705300744o420fef10gf77bf4ee812e7c92@mail.gmail.com> On 5/30/07, Ted Pollari wrote: > On May 30, 2007, at 8:59 AM, Chris McAvoy wrote: > > > That's a good idea. We could use these suggestions for Pycon. > > > > Maybe we could have a little ChiPy Chicago Pycon Nerd pamphlet > > printed up. > > > > That would be funny. > > > > Chris > > > +1 +1 Also, regarding Hyde Park, I have forsaken those lands and have been living on the north side since 2004. So I can't really help anyone there, unfortunately. - Atul From shekay at pobox.com Wed May 30 16:49:55 2007 From: shekay at pobox.com (sheila miguez) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 09:49:55 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: <361b27370705300744o420fef10gf77bf4ee812e7c92@mail.gmail.com> References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> <005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1> <465C64BB.70104@hostedlabs.com> <3096c19d0705300659q56e1eed3gf5f0e1bd1a225c2b@mail.gmail.com> <1578F5B3-B868-4362-958A-F8FE7CEFDC7E@mac.com> <361b27370705300744o420fef10gf77bf4ee812e7c92@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: On 5/30/07, Atul Varma wrote: > On 5/30/07, Ted Pollari wrote: > > On May 30, 2007, at 8:59 AM, Chris McAvoy wrote: > > > > > That's a good idea. We could use these suggestions for Pycon. > > > > > > Maybe we could have a little ChiPy Chicago Pycon Nerd pamphlet > > > printed up. > > > > > > That would be funny. > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > +1 > > +1 Feel free to break out this section on the chipy wiki http://chipy.org/ChiPyCon_2008_Bid#chicago-best-second-city-evar and make it all detailed n' shit. > Also, regarding Hyde Park, I have forsaken those lands and have been > living on the north side since 2004. So I can't really help anyone > there, unfortunately. north side, representin! -- sheila From shekay at pobox.com Wed May 30 16:53:23 2007 From: shekay at pobox.com (sheila miguez) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 09:53:23 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1> <465C64BB.70104@hostedlabs.com> <3096c19d0705300659q56e1eed3gf5f0e1bd1a225c2b@mail.gmail.com> <1578F5B3-B868-4362-958A-F8FE7CEFDC7E@mac.com> <361b27370705300744o420fef10gf77bf4ee812e7c92@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: On 5/30/07, sheila miguez wrote: > Feel free to break out this section on the chipy wiki > > http://chipy.org/ChiPyCon_2008_Bid#chicago-best-second-city-evar > > and make it all detailed n' shit. speaking of the name of the section, I was punchy at the time and figured Ted or someone would edit it away. Anyway, Second City is one of the city's nicknames, and it is also the name of a comedy club with a long and glorious history. So you might want to check that out too. I put the link on the page. I haven't made it to the place yet, but have listened to some old records of Nichols and May. they are awesome. > > Also, regarding Hyde Park, I have forsaken those lands and have been > > living on the north side since 2004. So I can't really help anyone > > there, unfortunately. > > north side, representin! and if he is visiting the north side I will add suggestions. But I am not sure which neighborhood he's visiting and do not want to over-post to the list. -- sheila From thom429 at yahoo.com Wed May 30 17:47:40 2007 From: thom429 at yahoo.com (Warren Thom) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 09:47:40 -0600 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1><465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com><005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1><465C64BB.70104@hostedlabs.com> <3096c19d0705300659q56e1eed3gf5f0e1bd1a225c2b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <00c501c7a2d1$db930b20$4001a8c0@THETHOMS> Don't forget the U of C locations of the movies "Chain Reaction" and "When Harry Met Sally" -- and the site of the first nuclear reactor memorial. Warren ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris McAvoy" To: "The Chicago Python Users Group" Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 7:59 AM Subject: Re: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago > On 5/30/07, Michael Tobis wrote: >> >> Maybe we should make a Chicago for nerds wiki and go to town on this... >> > > That's a good idea. We could use these suggestions for Pycon. > > Maybe we could have a little ChiPy Chicago Pycon Nerd pamphlet printed up. > > That would be funny. > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago From varmaa at gmail.com Wed May 30 18:39:19 2007 From: varmaa at gmail.com (Atul Varma) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 11:39:19 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: <00c501c7a2d1$db930b20$4001a8c0@THETHOMS> References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> <005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1> <465C64BB.70104@hostedlabs.com> <3096c19d0705300659q56e1eed3gf5f0e1bd1a225c2b@mail.gmail.com> <00c501c7a2d1$db930b20$4001a8c0@THETHOMS> Message-ID: <361b27370705300939uac13c1dn3f705e43bf11ffe7@mail.gmail.com> Hmm, I just stumbled across this "City of Chicago Greeter Program", which could be useful both for visitors and for Chicagoans who'd like to show newcomers around town: http://www.chicagogreeter.com/ It looks like greeters are specific to individual neighborhoods and other special interest areas, which is nice--that way you get someone who really knows the area (it's very hard for any one Chicagoan to know the entire city like the back of their hand): http://www.chicagogreeter.com/Greeterdescript.html - Atul On 5/30/07, Warren Thom wrote: > Don't forget the U of C locations of the movies "Chain Reaction" and "When > Harry Met Sally" > > -- and the site of the first nuclear reactor memorial. > > Warren > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris McAvoy" > To: "The Chicago Python Users Group" > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 7:59 AM > Subject: Re: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago > > > > On 5/30/07, Michael Tobis wrote: > >> > >> Maybe we should make a Chicago for nerds wiki and go to town on this... > >> > > > > That's a good idea. We could use these suggestions for Pycon. > > > > Maybe we could have a little ChiPy Chicago Pycon Nerd pamphlet printed up. > > > > That would be funny. > > > > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > > Chicago mailing list > > Chicago at python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > From skip at pobox.com Wed May 30 19:02:06 2007 From: skip at pobox.com (skip at pobox.com) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 12:02:06 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: <00c501c7a2d1$db930b20$4001a8c0@THETHOMS> References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> <005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1> <465C64BB.70104@hostedlabs.com> <3096c19d0705300659q56e1eed3gf5f0e1bd1a225c2b@mail.gmail.com> <00c501c7a2d1$db930b20$4001a8c0@THETHOMS> Message-ID: <18013.44558.115518.500253@montanaro.dyndns.org> Warren> Don't forget the U of C locations of the movies "Chain Reaction" Warren> and "When Harry Met Sally" As long as we are extending the sightseeing tour to movie locations, how can you pass up the "Uncle Buck" house in Evanston? ;-) Plus there's "Risky Business" and "Ferris Buehler's Day Off", both filmed on the North Shore, though I don't know where the actual houses are. Seems like we might need a Movie Locations section in the Geek's Guide to the Second City. Skip From varmaa at gmail.com Wed May 30 19:12:14 2007 From: varmaa at gmail.com (Atul Varma) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 12:12:14 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: <18013.44558.115518.500253@montanaro.dyndns.org> References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> <005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1> <465C64BB.70104@hostedlabs.com> <3096c19d0705300659q56e1eed3gf5f0e1bd1a225c2b@mail.gmail.com> <00c501c7a2d1$db930b20$4001a8c0@THETHOMS> <18013.44558.115518.500253@montanaro.dyndns.org> Message-ID: <361b27370705301012r71c9ce10o6db95dec98e875b6@mail.gmail.com> Don't forget "Proof", too, which was filmed on-location at the U of C (although I haven't seen it yet myself): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377107/ - Atul On 5/30/07, skip at pobox.com wrote: > > Warren> Don't forget the U of C locations of the movies "Chain Reaction" > Warren> and "When Harry Met Sally" > > As long as we are extending the sightseeing tour to movie locations, how can > you pass up the "Uncle Buck" house in Evanston? ;-) Plus there's "Risky > Business" and "Ferris Buehler's Day Off", both filmed on the North Shore, > though I don't know where the actual houses are. > > Seems like we might need a Movie Locations section in the Geek's Guide to > the Second City. > > Skip > > _______________________________________________ > Chicago mailing list > Chicago at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago > From ken at stox.org Wed May 30 19:35:16 2007 From: ken at stox.org (Kenneth P. Stox) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 12:35:16 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago In-Reply-To: <361b27370705301012r71c9ce10o6db95dec98e875b6@mail.gmail.com> References: <009401c79e1a$020a0d60$70939150@Weigend1> <465C44CE.4090907@hostedlabs.com> <005e01c7a20c$44808890$d8959150@Weigend1> <465C64BB.70104@hostedlabs.com> <3096c19d0705300659q56e1eed3gf5f0e1bd1a225c2b@mail.gmail.com> <00c501c7a2d1$db930b20$4001a8c0@THETHOMS> <18013.44558.115518.500253@montanaro.dyndns.org> <361b27370705301012r71c9ce10o6db95dec98e875b6@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1180546516.7467.137.camel@stox.dyndns.org> Of course, let us not forget the Blue's Brothers. Sadly, many of the landmarks in the movie have been torn down. From tim.saylor at gmail.com Thu May 31 16:19:19 2007 From: tim.saylor at gmail.com (Tim Saylor) Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 09:19:19 -0500 Subject: [Chicago] Suggestions for things to see in Chicago Message-ID: <9fb45b0b0705310719l7b9025cdxbfac043f3398f78b@mail.gmail.com> Don't forget the Smurfit-Stone building (http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=smurfitst1building-chicago-il-usa) as featured in the epic film "Adventures in Babysitting". :)