From tathagatadg at gmail.com  Tue Sep  4 22:59:33 2012
From: tathagatadg at gmail.com (Tathagata Dasgupta)
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 15:59:33 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Quora Thread: Why is Python a language of choice for data
	scientists
Message-ID: <CAB32_MP5tq+LCN3sMsSEYOOVxB0chKUqRXAjyBXv+FBQTbmeXw@mail.gmail.com>

I've always wondered and tried to reason why data scientists love
Python (I mean why are data scientists always shown as the principal
fanboys? or what shit do "others" do that make them love Python a byte
less?)

Came across a well-rounded answer from Jeff Hammerbacher on Quora

http://www.quora.com/Python-programming-language-1/Why-is-Python-a-language-of-choice-for-data-scientists

but do you agree with all of them?

-- 
Cheers,
T

From shekay at pobox.com  Wed Sep  5 16:42:58 2012
From: shekay at pobox.com (sheila miguez)
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 09:42:58 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Python office hours tomorrow
Message-ID: <CAHCs_ra4wtHEE4abtTyy=AuVT38P=mDbYXEV5YX288iAjPjqBw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all,

Some of us recently hosted a beginning python workshop and afterwards told
everyone about the python office hours on the first and third Thursday of
the month at pumping station one.

Tomorrow is the first Thursday of the month! And we might have some
programming and python beginners there. I told them I'd be there to help go
through some of the exercises we couldn't complete. If you are curious,
here are the lesson plans.

https://openhatch.org/wiki/Chicago_Python_Workshop_1

Not everyone was able to work on the twitter exercise because the wireless
where we hosted was having problems handling that many people.

If you are interested in helping (or learning!) take a look at the
exercises and dependencies and show up.
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From bethlynneicher at gmail.com  Wed Sep  5 17:13:51 2012
From: bethlynneicher at gmail.com (Beth Lynn Eicher)
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 10:13:51 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Python office hours tomorrow
In-Reply-To: <CAHCs_ra4wtHEE4abtTyy=AuVT38P=mDbYXEV5YX288iAjPjqBw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAHCs_ra4wtHEE4abtTyy=AuVT38P=mDbYXEV5YX288iAjPjqBw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CACVhg7hRLu9A3MxWPagEn1k5O_FOfOqmt_7jPNQXJpHOt7eWxA@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks, Shelia. When do office hours start?

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:42 AM, sheila miguez <shekay at pobox.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Some of us recently hosted a beginning python workshop and afterwards told
> everyone about the python office hours on the first and third Thursday of
> the month at pumping station one.
>
> Tomorrow is the first Thursday of the month! And we might have some
> programming and python beginners there. I told them I'd be there to help go
> through some of the exercises we couldn't complete. If you are curious, here
> are the lesson plans.
>
> https://openhatch.org/wiki/Chicago_Python_Workshop_1
>
> Not everyone was able to work on the twitter exercise because the wireless
> where we hosted was having problems handling that many people.
>
> If you are interested in helping (or learning!) take a look at the exercises
> and dependencies and show up.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Chicago mailing list
> Chicago at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago
>



-- 
Thanks,

Beth Lynn Eicher

From shekay at pobox.com  Wed Sep  5 17:18:58 2012
From: shekay at pobox.com (sheila miguez)
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 10:18:58 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Python office hours tomorrow
In-Reply-To: <CACVhg7hRLu9A3MxWPagEn1k5O_FOfOqmt_7jPNQXJpHOt7eWxA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAHCs_ra4wtHEE4abtTyy=AuVT38P=mDbYXEV5YX288iAjPjqBw@mail.gmail.com>
	<CACVhg7hRLu9A3MxWPagEn1k5O_FOfOqmt_7jPNQXJpHOt7eWxA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAHCs_rYoNv1xifE3PYwSOY77JmMY_cXgBsxiOCZ7pM-qEx82ng@mail.gmail.com>

Whoops!

They start at 7. http://pumpingstationone.org/events/


On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Beth Lynn Eicher
<bethlynneicher at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Shelia. When do office hours start?
>
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:42 AM, sheila miguez <shekay at pobox.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Some of us recently hosted a beginning python workshop and afterwards told
>> everyone about the python office hours on the first and third Thursday of
>> the month at pumping station one.
>>
>> Tomorrow is the first Thursday of the month! And we might have some
>> programming and python beginners there. I told them I'd be there to help go
>> through some of the exercises we couldn't complete. If you are curious, here
>> are the lesson plans.
>>
>> https://openhatch.org/wiki/Chicago_Python_Workshop_1
>>
>> Not everyone was able to work on the twitter exercise because the wireless
>> where we hosted was having problems handling that many people.
>>
>> If you are interested in helping (or learning!) take a look at the exercises
>> and dependencies and show up.
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Chicago mailing list
>> Chicago at python.org
>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Beth Lynn Eicher
> _______________________________________________
> Chicago mailing list
> Chicago at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago



-- 
sheila

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From brianhray at gmail.com  Thu Sep  6 18:01:41 2012
From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray)
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 11:01:41 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] RSVP is open
Message-ID: <CANKg38vz7_VmtcO2qEFPO_6_n4F5ByUr27=e687=-aJLRhhtYA@mail.gmail.com>

Monthly meeting is in one week. We have a great venue and Greg has offered
to present. Anybody else care to present on Matplotlib. This meeting is in
honor of John Hunter so I suggest another matplotlib presentation.

I also encourage all those who knew John or knew his work to attend.

RSVP here: http://chipy.org/

-- 
Brian Ray
@brianray
(773) 669-7717
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From mastahyeti at gmail.com  Thu Sep  6 18:18:01 2012
From: mastahyeti at gmail.com (Ben Toews)
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 11:18:01 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] RSVP is open
In-Reply-To: <CANKg38vz7_VmtcO2qEFPO_6_n4F5ByUr27=e687=-aJLRhhtYA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CANKg38vz7_VmtcO2qEFPO_6_n4F5ByUr27=e687=-aJLRhhtYA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAE=pOyFUta2MmCmBRPm8a6+RPFFV7p4iJW02K80UPG_-on4hbg@mail.gmail.com>

I can plan on presenting again if you want. I don't think I have
anything going on, but it seems like things happen to come up every
second thursday of the month....

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com> wrote:
> Monthly meeting is in one week. We have a great venue and Greg has offered
> to present. Anybody else care to present on Matplotlib. This meeting is in
> honor of John Hunter so I suggest another matplotlib presentation.
>
> I also encourage all those who knew John or knew his work to attend.
>
> RSVP here: http://chipy.org/
>
> --
> Brian Ray
> @brianray
> (773) 669-7717
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Chicago mailing list
> Chicago at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago
>



-- 
-Ben Toews

From pete at wearpants.org  Thu Sep  6 23:07:32 2012
From: pete at wearpants.org (Peter Fein)
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 16:07:32 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Incorporating, etc.?
Message-ID: <CABD8qwzW2P6NHeUoWWSek=eQJLGpXQK3h4sW8VJDEPCab_f-HA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all-

Looking for some advice/a howto on setting up a solo dev consulting
shop - getting a lot of inquiries, but my sense is that it's easier
for clients to pay corp-to-corp instead of a W2/1099. Need direction
on logistics - incorporation, billing, taxes, etc.. If anyone's got a
book/account/lawyer to recommend, I'd be grateful. Or if you just want
sit down for an hour and explain it to me, I'll make it worth your
while...

--Pete

From chad at glendenin.com  Thu Sep  6 23:40:21 2012
From: chad at glendenin.com (Chad Glendenin)
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:40:21 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Incorporating, etc.?
In-Reply-To: <CABD8qwzW2P6NHeUoWWSek=eQJLGpXQK3h4sW8VJDEPCab_f-HA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABD8qwzW2P6NHeUoWWSek=eQJLGpXQK3h4sW8VJDEPCab_f-HA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <50491845.7050806@glendenin.com>

For the incorporation part, I've been pretty happy with Harvard Business Services (no relation to the university). They incorporated my LLC in Delaware and serve as my registered agent in Delaware. I also had to foreign-qualify the LLC with the Illinois Secretary of State (because I'm physically here and do business here), but that was just a matter of filling out a form and sending a $500 money order down-state.

I think you also need a business license in Chicago. Occasionally the city will send somebody into the co-working spaces to shake everybody down for those licenses.

I'd suggest asking around for recommendations on a good accountant, meet a couple of them, and choose one that you feel comfortable with. A good accountant will save you a lot of time and trouble and can explain the different options and trade-offs (LLC vs. C-Corp, etc.).

Oh, and FreshBooks has always worked well for me for invoicing on both side of the equation (as a contractor and as somebody hiring a contractor).


Peter Fein wrote:
> Hi all-
>
> Looking for some advice/a howto on setting up a solo dev consulting
> shop - getting a lot of inquiries, but my sense is that it's easier
> for clients to pay corp-to-corp instead of a W2/1099. Need direction
> on logistics - incorporation, billing, taxes, etc.. If anyone's got a
> book/account/lawyer to recommend, I'd be grateful. Or if you just want
> sit down for an hour and explain it to me, I'll make it worth your
> while...
>
> --Pete
> _______________________________________________
> Chicago mailing list
> Chicago at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago

From g at rre.tt  Fri Sep  7 00:42:34 2012
From: g at rre.tt (Garrett Smith)
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 17:42:34 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Incorporating, etc.?
In-Reply-To: <50491845.7050806@glendenin.com>
References: <CABD8qwzW2P6NHeUoWWSek=eQJLGpXQK3h4sW8VJDEPCab_f-HA@mail.gmail.com>
	<50491845.7050806@glendenin.com>
Message-ID: <CACU=p6uJkyvBfHAUZNhwfk5wDr98Y-ZST1x4Wh3K6Xej1LmE0g@mail.gmail.com>

Ack for FreshBooks -- it's an excellent service.

As for incorporation, I can only say a) use a self-service online
provider and b) spend as little money as possible.

Very interesting about Chicago mafia and business license shakedowns.
Glad to hear the city isn't resting on its laurels,

As for an accountant, I can recommend someone I've worked with for a
number of years. He's very low maintenance. Ping me off list if
interested.

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Chad Glendenin <chad at glendenin.com> wrote:
> For the incorporation part, I've been pretty happy with Harvard Business
> Services (no relation to the university). They incorporated my LLC in
> Delaware and serve as my registered agent in Delaware. I also had to
> foreign-qualify the LLC with the Illinois Secretary of State (because I'm
> physically here and do business here), but that was just a matter of filling
> out a form and sending a $500 money order down-state.
>
> I think you also need a business license in Chicago. Occasionally the city
> will send somebody into the co-working spaces to shake everybody down for
> those licenses.
>
> I'd suggest asking around for recommendations on a good accountant, meet a
> couple of them, and choose one that you feel comfortable with. A good
> accountant will save you a lot of time and trouble and can explain the
> different options and trade-offs (LLC vs. C-Corp, etc.).
>
> Oh, and FreshBooks has always worked well for me for invoicing on both side
> of the equation (as a contractor and as somebody hiring a contractor).
>
>
>
> Peter Fein wrote:
>>
>> Hi all-
>>
>> Looking for some advice/a howto on setting up a solo dev consulting
>> shop - getting a lot of inquiries, but my sense is that it's easier
>> for clients to pay corp-to-corp instead of a W2/1099. Need direction
>> on logistics - incorporation, billing, taxes, etc.. If anyone's got a
>> book/account/lawyer to recommend, I'd be grateful. Or if you just want
>> sit down for an hour and explain it to me, I'll make it worth your
>> while...
>>
>> --Pete
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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 brianhray at gmail.com  Fri Sep  7 16:19:08 2012
From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray)
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 09:19:08 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] RSVP is open
In-Reply-To: <CAE=pOyFUta2MmCmBRPm8a6+RPFFV7p4iJW02K80UPG_-on4hbg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CANKg38vz7_VmtcO2qEFPO_6_n4F5ByUr27=e687=-aJLRhhtYA@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAE=pOyFUta2MmCmBRPm8a6+RPFFV7p4iJW02K80UPG_-on4hbg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CANKg38t1R_KcZ3hHGoGCn=F-e5ZG0aPUsHdwGQS4vBLDbdn4gw@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Ben Toews <mastahyeti at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can plan on presenting again if you want. I don't think I have
> anything going on, but it seems like things happen to come up every
> second thursday of the month....
>
>
 I think that would be great. My goal was to make sure all presentations
had something to do with matplotlib and likes. If we need to step away from
that to make a full meeting, that is fine with me if it is ok with others.
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From jessica.cassidy at texturacorp.com  Fri Sep  7 18:27:38 2012
From: jessica.cassidy at texturacorp.com (Jessica Cassidy)
Date: 7 Sep 2012 12:27:38 -0400
Subject: [Chicago] Textura Job Description
Message-ID: <1672103801.1347035258769.JavaMail.cfservice@sl10app5>




 

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From pete at wearpants.org  Sat Sep  8 18:56:05 2012
From: pete at wearpants.org (Peter Fein)
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 11:56:05 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Incorporating, etc.?
In-Reply-To: <CABD8qwzW2P6NHeUoWWSek=eQJLGpXQK3h4sW8VJDEPCab_f-HA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CABD8qwzW2P6NHeUoWWSek=eQJLGpXQK3h4sW8VJDEPCab_f-HA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CABD8qwx0+zEt5TomOuDni3ofwk7rZNKZW5NvKRyc1229USUvqg@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks all for the great replies, much appreciated!

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Peter Fein <pete at wearpants.org> wrote:
> Hi all-
>
> Looking for some advice/a howto on setting up a solo dev consulting
> shop - getting a lot of inquiries, but my sense is that it's easier
> for clients to pay corp-to-corp instead of a W2/1099. Need direction
> on logistics - incorporation, billing, taxes, etc.. If anyone's got a
> book/account/lawyer to recommend, I'd be grateful. Or if you just want
> sit down for an hour and explain it to me, I'll make it worth your
> while...
>
> --Pete

From brianhray at gmail.com  Mon Sep 10 17:22:09 2012
From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray)
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:22:09 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Amazing meeting
Message-ID: <CANKg38tCPuAEL28L5z++Dc4pAsd69qvz-mnTN5pUBVc+rUr2ZA@mail.gmail.com>

I expect a small group of amazing Python developers and other
interested party. I do want to pack the room with some of those who
have worked with or known John Hunter. Does anybody have some contacts
in his circles? Also, it would be nice if someone who knows him well
gives a couple of words.

Ben also has agreed to present and will at least touch on Matplotlib.
Once he send me his topic, I will post the official announcement. So
it looks like Thursday night is shaping up nicely. I also miss smaller
meetings at IAT because they always tend to be more intimate.

This will be the best eva...

RSVP here http://chipy.org

-- 
Brian Ray

From skip at pobox.com  Mon Sep 10 17:34:04 2012
From: skip at pobox.com (Skip Montanaro)
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:34:04 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Amazing meeting
In-Reply-To: <CANKg38tCPuAEL28L5z++Dc4pAsd69qvz-mnTN5pUBVc+rUr2ZA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CANKg38tCPuAEL28L5z++Dc4pAsd69qvz-mnTN5pUBVc+rUr2ZA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CANc-5Uxcj5O6DVngMDhVD8v0yLBL0xF27+aVJgqynogBN1o0GQ@mail.gmail.com>

> I expect a small group of amazing Python developers and other
> interested party. I do want to pack the room with some of those who
> have worked with or known John Hunter. Does anybody have some contacts
> in his circles? Also, it would be nice if someone who knows him well
> gives a couple of words.

We all knew John here at TradeLink.  I've spread the word about the
meeting, but will ping people again.  It would be nice if some of the
people he worked with at UofC (where he first started developing
matplotlib as a post-doc) before coming to TradeLink could make it.  I
don't know any of them though (but am trying to find someone).

Skip

From brianhray at gmail.com  Tue Sep 11 14:46:11 2012
From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray)
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:46:11 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] ChiPy Monthy Meeting: Thurs Sept 13th 7pm Matplotlib
	Topics and more
Message-ID: <CANKg38v5nytzc7uR=ytcgeJR--z5GqvEhOx-sNhvehx6cj1TsA@mail.gmail.com>

Chicago Python User Groups invites you to a special meeting in memory
of one of our long time members, John Hunter, author of Matplotlib
(ref http://numfocus.org/johnhunter./). A collection will be made and
matched to some percentage (TBD) by ChiPy then donated to the Memorial
Fund. Checks can be made out to "Chicago Python User Group" or cash
can be handed to me. I will give you a hand written receipt if you
requested one.

John would want the best meeting ever... this is exactly that!
Everyone is welcome to this meeting, feel free to bring a guest. It
will be a small group so there should be an opportunity to interface
and have some small discussions.

When:  This Thursday September 13th at 7PM (get there early if you
want to be sure to get some pizza before it runs out)

Where: ITA 15th Floor 200 S. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606
312.435.2805 http://goo.gl/maps/v95sI

RSVP Here: http://chipy.org

Agenda:

Free Food and Drink (starting at 6:45)

Matplotlib Examples Uses (:45 Forty-Five Minutes)
By: Greg Kettler
Two examples of using matplotlib: first, in Greg's PhD research in
marine microbiology; second, in plotting baseball PITCHf/x data.

Event Driven Concurrency (:30 Thirty Minutes)
By: Ben Toews
Ben recently discovered event driven concurrency. He will be talking
about some of the basics as well as trying to compare it with other
concurrency options. The focus will be on its application in a few
recent projects as well as a comparison of Python's gevent and
node.js. Some of the demos will also be using matplotlib in honor of
John Hunter's passing.

(Forward this on)

ChiPy website: http://chipy.org
ChiPy Mailing List: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago
ChiPy Announcement *ONLY* Mailing List:
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chipy-announce
Python website: http://python.org
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From emperorcezar at gmail.com  Tue Sep 11 17:23:22 2012
From: emperorcezar at gmail.com (Cezar Jenkins)
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:23:22 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Announcing BARcamp Chicago 2012!
Message-ID: <FD4897E93C764437A9F812319F4AA575@gmail.com>

BARcamp Chicago 2012 - Saturday September 22nd - Chicago, Illinois
What is a BARcamp?

A BARcamp is a participation oriented event focusing on some of the
best parts of conferences: between session discussions, knowledge
sharing and socializing. All the talks are given by attendees and the
schedule is decided the day of the event. The event is FREE and open
to the public.

What Can I Expect at BARcamp Chicago?

You can expect great discussions, presentations, workshops and demos
from some of Chicago?s brightest minds and technology companies.
Attendees are encouraged to participate by giving talks, asking
questions, having side discussions, sharing ideas and knowledge. Along
with talks there are people working together on projects, ideas and
companies.

When is BARcamp Chicago?

BARcamp Chicago 2012 will be Saturday September 22nd from 10:00 AM to
7:00 PM. Doors will open at 9:30am.

Where is BARcamp Chicago?

This year BARcamp Chicago will be located at our friendly neighborhood
hackerspace, Pumping Station: One. Pumping Station: One is located at
3519 North Elston, Chicago, IL 60618.

How Much Does BARcamp Chicago Cost:

BARcamp Chicago is 100% FREE. Free food and drink will also be
provided. We do ask that you please register
(http://barcampchicago12.eventbrite.com/) so we have an idea of how
many people to expect.

TALKS!

Do you think you know something that others might like to learn about?
Of course you do! Consider giving a talk about it at BARcamp Chicago.
All types of presentations are welcome as long as they are
educational and interesting. While presentation slides
are by no means required, we will have projectors available for those
who which to use them. If you are planning on giving a talk at BARcamp
please submit it to our talk proposals(https://www.google.com/moderator/#14/e=1fd70a) so others can
have an idea of what talks to expect.

For registration and updated information please visit our website at
http://barcampchicago.org/.

If you have any questions please e-mail Kevin Harriss at
special.kevin at gmail.com (mailto:special.kevin at gmail.com) .





From tal.liron at threecrickets.com  Tue Sep 11 20:43:53 2012
From: tal.liron at threecrickets.com (Tal Liron)
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:43:53 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Part-time Python Work
Message-ID: <504F8669.8080503@threecrickets.com>

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From carl at personnelware.com  Tue Sep 11 21:40:35 2012
From: carl at personnelware.com (Carl Karsten)
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:40:35 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Part-time Python Work
In-Reply-To: <504F8669.8080503@threecrickets.com>
References: <504F8669.8080503@threecrickets.com>
Message-ID: <CADmzSSis5KuKab0Na_Dc6NLwDJDP705iWjZf1erwLsPzFvnzTQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Tal Liron <tal.liron at threecrickets.com> wrote:
> You understand thread concurrency and have debugged race conditions. You
> know the basics of interfacing with scary C libraries.

Everything else I am comfy enough about, but those 2 are pretty much
0.0 - should we talk anyway?

If the video library is
http://www.mltframework.org/twiki/bin/view/MLT/  then we should talk
because I am on good terms with the lead developer.  It is what I use
in my video processing stack.

Don't get too excited, I have a pretty thick? layer between python and
melt.  I use python to manage data that gets serialized into a blob of
xml and passed to the melt command via popen().  Here is the code
starting at an example of the xml I create:

https://github.com/CarlFK/veyepar/blob/master/dj/scripts/enc.py#L13

I write out the xml to a file (like foo.mlt) and then construct a
command such as:

melt -verbose -progress -profile dv_ntsc
/home/juser/Videos/veyepar/chipy/feb2012/tmp/more_understanding_rpython.mlt
-consumer avformat:/home/juser/Videos/veyepar/chipy/feb2012/tmp/more_understanding_rpython.mp4
deinterlace=bob threads=2 progressive=1 acodec=libmp3lame ab=128k
ar=48000 vcodec=libx264 b=1024k coder=0 flags=-loop+cgop cmp=+chroma
partitions=-parti8x8-parti4x4-partp8x8-partb8x8 me_method=dia subq=0
me_range=16 g=250 keyint_min=25 sc_threshold=0 i_qfactor=0.71
b_strategy=0 qcomp=0.6 qmin=0 qmax=69 qdiff=4 bf=0 refs=1 directpred=1
trellis=0 flags2=-bpyramid-mixed_refs-wpred-dct8x8+fastpskip-mbtree
wpredp=0 aq_mode=0 rc_lookahead=0

And a new video is born.

-- 
Carl K

From tal.liron at threecrickets.com  Tue Sep 11 22:12:55 2012
From: tal.liron at threecrickets.com (Tal Liron)
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:12:55 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Part-time Python Work
In-Reply-To: <CADmzSSis5KuKab0Na_Dc6NLwDJDP705iWjZf1erwLsPzFvnzTQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <504F8669.8080503@threecrickets.com>
	<CADmzSSis5KuKab0Na_Dc6NLwDJDP705iWjZf1erwLsPzFvnzTQ@mail.gmail.com>
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From brianhray at gmail.com  Wed Sep 12 18:11:33 2012
From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray)
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:11:33 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] RSVP
Message-ID: <CANKg38sd=cAPVCQgyxweX8T63u4Wp_zpORbqGCGSfV94i7qdkA@mail.gmail.com>

Reminder RSVP for tomorrow night's meeting ya'll -> http://chipy.org


-- 
Brian Ray
@brianray
(773) 669-7717

From DHanley at tekmarkinc.com  Wed Sep 12 18:52:40 2012
From: DHanley at tekmarkinc.com (Hanley, Denise (Tekmark Global Solutions))
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:52:40 -0400
Subject: [Chicago] Python Developer Position
Message-ID: <463BDACD927BE34A99D1C17899D22E3C048FEF85@spike.tekmarkinc.com>

Hi ChiPy, need your help.... Am I going about this the wrong way?

Our direct client seeks an experienced Python system developer to assist
in the delivery of a challenging document generation and workflow
platform in the derivatives space.

This is for a minimum 12-18 month contract, with the strong possibility
to convert to an employee down the road if all goes well.  

The candidate will be a mid level developer responsible for contributing
to all phases of the SDLC including analysis, design, development, QA,
UAT, and tier-2 production support. Candidate will interact with
architects, business analysts, and developers within and outside of
GMOT.

**Requirements**

Required Technical Skills: 
3+ years Object Oriented Programming experience,
2+ years Python programming,
2+ years XML experience,
Experience with SQL databases,
Working knowledge of Unix/Linux,
Agile development life-cycle experience,
Financial experience a plus,
Knowledge of derivative products a plus


**About the company**

Tekmark Global Solutions provides a rich continuum of IT, telecom,
security, and consulting and staffing services to enterprises worldwide,
including dozens of Fortune 500 companies.


Thanks,

Denise Hanley
Sr. Technical Recruiter 
dhanley at tekmarkinc.com | 908-227-9527
TEKMARK GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
100 Metroplex Drive, Suite 102, Edison, NJ 08817
http://hotjobs.tekmarkinc.com


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From brian at imagescape.com  Wed Sep 12 21:27:54 2012
From: brian at imagescape.com (Brian Moloney)
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:27:54 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Systems Administrator at Imaginary Landscape
Message-ID: <CAJ_3hfqtCTWW0TLCGFsOvSN5NGYpVY7xThvNFxftHsvG6Gai+w@mail.gmail.com>

Hi ChiPy,

I wanted to let everyone know that we are looking for a FT SysAdmin in
our Chicago office.  Post follows:

Thanks,
Brian

-- 
Brian J. Moloney
Managing Partner

Imaginary Landscape, LLC
Web Design | Development | Strategy
(877) 275-9144 toll free

http://imagescape.com
http://chicagodjango.com
http://twitter.com/Brian_Moloney

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Systems Administrator

Imaginary Landscape, an open source Web development firm in Chicago,
is seeking a Systems Administrator to administer technology throughout
the organization.  Primary responsibilities include:

- Providing infrastructure support for Linux-based physical and
virtual machines (Debian and RedHat-based)
- Provisioning new virtual machines for developers
- Securing and monitoring internal and client-facing machines
- Maintaining backup systems for company PCs and servers
- Assisting developers with Django web application deployment

Qualifications

- At least 2 years of experience maintaining multiple Linux-based
servers (experience in a college computer lab setting counts)
- A strong knowledge of maintaining relational databases, such as
PostgreSQL or MySQL

Bonus Points For

- Experience with Rackspace and Amazon cloud, or similar
- Deployment experience using Apache and/or Nginx
- Proficiency with Django or other Python web frameworks
- Experience with Vagrant and Chef (or other provisioning tool)
- Familiarity with services such as BIND DNS, Nagios, and Supervisord

The ability to write and communicate clearly is of primary importance.
You will be responsible for assisting staff with computer-related
issues, establishing company-wide IT standards, and providing concise
documentation.

This position is located at Imaginary Landscape?s headquarters,
located in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago.  It is a
full-time position and benefits includes 100% company-paid healthcare
coverage for spouse and children and an open vacation policy (we don't
count the days).

Qualified candidates can send a resume and cover letter to
employment at imagescape.com.

From emperorcezar at gmail.com  Wed Sep 12 21:54:06 2012
From: emperorcezar at gmail.com (Cezar Jenkins)
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:54:06 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Systems Administrator at Imaginary Landscape
In-Reply-To: <CAJ_3hfqtCTWW0TLCGFsOvSN5NGYpVY7xThvNFxftHsvG6Gai+w@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAJ_3hfqtCTWW0TLCGFsOvSN5NGYpVY7xThvNFxftHsvG6Gai+w@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <84DC8F1623BC42C48A46F5FDD07E4720@gmail.com>

I'm glad to see you're using vagrant/chef. I'm pretty happy with it.

One thing I might suggest. I'm becoming a huge fan of PaaS solutions like Heroku/Dotcloud or Stacato/CloudFoundry/Openshift on your own iron. It's really nice to push up some code and have a running app.

Even if you don't have something like that, following 12factor (http://12factor.net) is a good way to develop. I've been using autoenv (https://github.com/kennethreitz/autoenv) with my django projects and have been happy to drop the settings/development.py and whatnot for pulling specifics from the environment.

For a set of reasons I won't go into we can't use heroku or stacato as work. So I've been working on a program and uses fabric to reach into a machine, rsync an app up, and run a heroku buildpack against it. It's not done yet, but you can see the work at https://github.com/emperorcezar/mash  

Forgive the rambling! :)
--  
Cezar Jenkins
Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig)


On Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Brian Moloney wrote:

> Hi ChiPy,
>  
> I wanted to let everyone know that we are looking for a FT SysAdmin in
> our Chicago office. Post follows:
>  
> Thanks,
> Brian
>  
> --  
> Brian J. Moloney
> Managing Partner
>  
> Imaginary Landscape, LLC
> Web Design | Development | Strategy
> (877) 275-9144 toll free
>  
> http://imagescape.com
> http://chicagodjango.com
> http://twitter.com/Brian_Moloney
>  
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  
> Systems Administrator
>  
> Imaginary Landscape, an open source Web development firm in Chicago,
> is seeking a Systems Administrator to administer technology throughout
> the organization. Primary responsibilities include:
>  
> - Providing infrastructure support for Linux-based physical and
> virtual machines (Debian and RedHat-based)
> - Provisioning new virtual machines for developers
> - Securing and monitoring internal and client-facing machines
> - Maintaining backup systems for company PCs and servers
> - Assisting developers with Django web application deployment
>  
> Qualifications
>  
> - At least 2 years of experience maintaining multiple Linux-based
> servers (experience in a college computer lab setting counts)
> - A strong knowledge of maintaining relational databases, such as
> PostgreSQL or MySQL
>  
> Bonus Points For
>  
> - Experience with Rackspace and Amazon cloud, or similar
> - Deployment experience using Apache and/or Nginx
> - Proficiency with Django or other Python web frameworks
> - Experience with Vagrant and Chef (or other provisioning tool)
> - Familiarity with services such as BIND DNS, Nagios, and Supervisord
>  
> The ability to write and communicate clearly is of primary importance.
> You will be responsible for assisting staff with computer-related
> issues, establishing company-wide IT standards, and providing concise
> documentation.
>  
> This position is located at Imaginary Landscape?s headquarters,
> located in the Andersonville neighborhood of Chicago. It is a
> full-time position and benefits includes 100% company-paid healthcare
> coverage for spouse and children and an open vacation policy (we don't
> count the days).
>  
> Qualified candidates can send a resume and cover letter to
> employment at imagescape.com (mailto:employment at imagescape.com).
> _______________________________________________
> Chicago mailing list
> Chicago at python.org (mailto:Chicago at python.org)
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago




From brianhray at gmail.com  Wed Sep 12 22:11:22 2012
From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray)
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:11:22 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Batman with matplotlib
Message-ID: <CANKg38umM2ETmwrCdv7EyAM0hCtkQckdh=R76G8O6YhcwfEhzQ@mail.gmail.com>

Just happened to run into this....

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6871369/matplotlib-contour-isnt-working

Cheers, Brian


-- 
Brian Ray

From shekay at pobox.com  Fri Sep 14 02:27:33 2012
From: shekay at pobox.com (sheila miguez)
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:27:33 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Video of John Hunter's chophouse 2009 presentaion
Message-ID: <CAHCs_rai9STNQeYsTEAePzjd+sk-JC=mv+QvQ74uBetcXgM9Tw@mail.gmail.com>

http://blip.tv/carlfk/matplotlib-the-popular-2d-plotting-library-2577381

In case anyone missed it, here is the last presentation that John Hunter
gave at chipy
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From shekay at gmail.com  Fri Sep 14 02:37:21 2012
From: shekay at gmail.com (sheila miguez)
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:37:21 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Video of John Hunter's chipy 2009 presentation
Message-ID: <CAHCs_rY1BhXS8z81TzWnfW9zYyFiFMfabuP6-xeE_J-PgYKdmQ@mail.gmail.com>

Sorry for the phone autocorrection.
On Sep 13, 2012 7:27 PM, "sheila miguez" <shekay at pobox.com> wrote:

> http://blip.tv/carlfk/matplotlib-the-popular-2d-plotting-library-2577381
>
> In case anyone missed it, here is the last presentation that John Hunter
> gave at chipy
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From eviljoel at linux.com  Fri Sep 14 03:54:41 2012
From: eviljoel at linux.com (eviljoel)
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:54:41 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Fwd: Talk schedule for Software Freedom Day 2012
Message-ID: <CANttP878FR17GS4MqvfxXTOBTa6LwgmUZbRpNz1=_LOLC=sK1Q@mail.gmail.com>

Hello All,

As Ben requested at the meeting today, here is an announcement for
FreeGeek's Software Freedom Day which is happening this Saturday.  I'm
giving a talk on virtualization.  Come join us!

Thanks,
eviljoel


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: cecilia <ceciliacalabria at mncarpenters.net>
Date: Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:01 AM
Subject: [AGAD] Talk schedule for SFD 2012


Hi everybody,

As we enter the last 10 days before the event, it is our pleasure to
announce that the talk schedule is ready!
Check out the list of talks for this year's Software Freedom Day in
Chicago: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2012/USA/IL/Chicago/FreeGeek

As of today, the number of registered attendees is 80. Haven't
registered yet? Do it soon, space is limited:
http://softwarefreedomdaychicago.eventbrite.com/

I look forward to seeing you there.

Cecilia

From mastahyeti at gmail.com  Fri Sep 14 04:57:54 2012
From: mastahyeti at gmail.com (Ben Toews)
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:57:54 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Fwd: Talk schedule for Software Freedom Day 2012
In-Reply-To: <CANttP878FR17GS4MqvfxXTOBTa6LwgmUZbRpNz1=_LOLC=sK1Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CANttP878FR17GS4MqvfxXTOBTa6LwgmUZbRpNz1=_LOLC=sK1Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAE=pOyG7k9Whg=WKfK_yRmAifNRB8=qAmgys5ki=7gaGoNu4sw@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks!

m.y
On Sep 13, 2012 8:55 PM, "eviljoel" <eviljoel at linux.com> wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> As Ben requested at the meeting today, here is an announcement for
> FreeGeek's Software Freedom Day which is happening this Saturday.  I'm
> giving a talk on virtualization.  Come join us!
>
> Thanks,
> eviljoel
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: cecilia <ceciliacalabria at mncarpenters.net>
> Date: Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:01 AM
> Subject: [AGAD] Talk schedule for SFD 2012
>
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> As we enter the last 10 days before the event, it is our pleasure to
> announce that the talk schedule is ready!
> Check out the list of talks for this year's Software Freedom Day in
> Chicago: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2012/USA/IL/Chicago/FreeGeek
>
> As of today, the number of registered attendees is 80. Haven't
> registered yet? Do it soon, space is limited:
> http://softwarefreedomdaychicago.eventbrite.com/
>
> I look forward to seeing you there.
>
> Cecilia
> _______________________________________________
> Chicago mailing list
> Chicago at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago
>
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From mastahyeti at gmail.com  Fri Sep 14 05:03:44 2012
From: mastahyeti at gmail.com (Ben Toews)
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:03:44 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] BBQSQL
Message-ID: <CAE=pOyEnRyL-d0vFOaO9Tj4_bHkUqcy=0Zz3+_bDrjuBKhpXjg@mail.gmail.com>

For those who might be interested, you can find the sql injection tool I
demod at http://github.com/neohapsis/bbqsql . If you want my slides or
other demo code, just let me know.

m.y
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From brian at python.org  Fri Sep 14 16:34:35 2012
From: brian at python.org (Brian Curtin)
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:34:35 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Announcing the 2012 Distinctive Service Award - John
	Hunter
Message-ID: <CAD+XWwpjY5JzywZ9KRxcbbL_8Zx14mUrSCd6vXmQ8ifYV6P__A@mail.gmail.com>

Here's what I mentioned at last night's meeting:
http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2012/09/announcing-2012-distinctive-service.html

For your convenience, the text of the post is included below.

==

Announcing the 2012 Distinctive Service Award - John Hunter


The Distinctive Service Award

The Python Software Foundation voted unanimously on September 12, 2012
to authorize the creation of a new award: the Distinctive Service
Award (http://www.python.org/community/awards/psf-distinctive-awards).
The award is offered in recognition of long-term excellence in the
Python community, and is intended to stand as the Foundation's highest
honor. Whether for contributions of code, activism, evangelism, or for
other services to Python and its global community, the Foundation
seeks to honor those who have a record of sustained and prolific
giving to the Python world.

The award will not be made to a schedule, but as deserving candidates
emerge. It comes with a check for $5,000, in simple recognition of the
kind of devoted service for which the award will be presented.

Full details of the award, and a list of recipients, can be found on
the Foundation's awards page
(http://www.python.org/community/awards/psf-distinctive-award).

The First Recipient

The inaugural recipient of the Distinctive Service Award is John
Hunter, who passed away on August 28, 2012 after losing an
all-too-brief battle with colon cancer.

He is survived by his wife Miriam and three daughters Clara, Ava, and
Rahel. To mark his passing, the NumFOCUS Foundation has setup a
memorial fund for the care and education of his three daughters at
http://numfocus.org/johnhunter/.

John Hunter

There are few projects in the Python world which have enjoyed the
reach, longevity, and value that matplotlib (http://matplotlib.org/)
has offered in the 10 years since its creation. John Hunter, at the
time a post-doctoral neurobiologist at the University of Chicago,
started the matplotlib library as a way to work around downtime
created by limited licensing for expensive proprietary tools. His
choice to use Python was a bold one at the time, given Python's
relatively young age, especially within the sciences. However, his
efforts paid off and he was able to create an open alternative to
allow him to continue analyzing epileptic seizure data in children
without the limitations he was experiencing with other products.

Over time, John left the academic world and entered Chicago's finance
industry, taking employment at TradeLink Securities. While there, he
took his science background and matplotlib project into the field of
quantitative analysis. In the ten years since matplotlib's creation,
John brought three daughters into the world and cared for his family
all while maintaining the number one spot on the matplotlib committer
list. He became further involved in the numeric and scientific
communities, presenting at conferences and expanding his involvement
to the recently formed NumFOCUS Foundation, at which he was a founding
board member.

John's creation and contribution of matplotlib to not just the Python
community, but to the science and mathematics communities, is truly an
effort that will live on and continue to influence these communities
and more for many years to come. Whether you found Python through
matplotlib or matplotlib through Python, John Hunter's efforts have
left a lasting mark on so many people in so many places.

In addition to the Distinctive Service Award, the Foundation will be
contributing $3500 to a project which is currently in the works, the
John Hunter Technical Fellowship. More details on this will follow.

From brian at python.org  Fri Sep 14 17:14:34 2012
From: brian at python.org (Brian Curtin)
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:14:34 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Announcing the 2012 Distinctive Service Award - John
	Hunter
In-Reply-To: <CAD+XWwpjY5JzywZ9KRxcbbL_8Zx14mUrSCd6vXmQ8ifYV6P__A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAD+XWwpjY5JzywZ9KRxcbbL_8Zx14mUrSCd6vXmQ8ifYV6P__A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAD+XWwqDxpH8g5J+vaxkedgb9ZuT6bDFAAvOS3mCBw5XPg4HLw@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Brian Curtin <brian at python.org> wrote:
> Here's what I mentioned at last night's meeting:
> http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2012/09/announcing-2012-distinctive-service.html

Here's why you don't write blog posts at 2 AM, copy/paste titles all
around, and then have them reviewed by someone else who should also be
in bed...

the award is called the *distinguished* service award, not distinctive.

s/Distinctive/Distinguished/g

From skip at pobox.com  Fri Sep 14 17:31:31 2012
From: skip at pobox.com (Skip Montanaro)
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:31:31 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Announcing the 2012 Distinctive Service Award - John
	Hunter
In-Reply-To: <CAD+XWwqDxpH8g5J+vaxkedgb9ZuT6bDFAAvOS3mCBw5XPg4HLw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAD+XWwpjY5JzywZ9KRxcbbL_8Zx14mUrSCd6vXmQ8ifYV6P__A@mail.gmail.com>
	<CAD+XWwqDxpH8g5J+vaxkedgb9ZuT6bDFAAvOS3mCBw5XPg4HLw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CANc-5Ux6Wm8koPcShy2Zp5COiKmiycxtcoxW1ZKrwUBg762y9Q@mail.gmail.com>

> the award is called the *distinguished* service award, not distinctive.
>
> s/Distinctive/Distinguished/g

Brian,

I'm sorry, you're going to have to change it back.  I already
forwarded your blog post to everyone here at TradeLink. :-)  Despite
the typo, I'm heartened to see the recognition in the broader Python
community for John's many contributions.

Skip

From livne at uchicago.edu  Fri Sep 14 18:04:40 2012
From: livne at uchicago.edu (Oren Livne)
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:04:40 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Regression Testing
Message-ID: <50535598.4070901@uchicago.edu>

Dear All,

I am writing a python project. I divided my code into packages and 
modules. I also have a "tests" package under my distribution dir 
containing unittest-annotated tests. I run them in Eclipse PyDev using a 
main test suite module containing a "def suite()" method.

What's the best way to automate running the same suite at the command 
line, and a good regression tester I could run nightly?

Thank you so much,
Oren

From chad at glendenin.com  Fri Sep 14 18:40:35 2012
From: chad at glendenin.com (Chad Glendenin)
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:40:35 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Regression Testing
In-Reply-To: <50535598.4070901@uchicago.edu>
References: <50535598.4070901@uchicago.edu>
Message-ID: <50535E03.60101@glendenin.com>

It sounds like what you're looking for might be continuous integration. Check out Hudson (a.k.a. Jenkins), TeamCity, etc. I've had good experiences using nose as my test discoverer/runner (with Django and Hudson), but it's possible something newer and better has appeared. Sadly, I have not written much Python the past few months. :-/

Nose: http://nose.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
Jenkins: http://jenkins-ci.org/


Oren Livne wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I am writing a python project. I divided my code into packages and 
> modules. I also have a "tests" package under my distribution dir 
> containing unittest-annotated tests. I run them in Eclipse PyDev using 
> a main test suite module containing a "def suite()" method.
>
> What's the best way to automate running the same suite at the command 
> line, and a good regression tester I could run nightly?
>
> Thank you so much,
> Oren
> _______________________________________________
> Chicago mailing list
> Chicago at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago

From emperorcezar at gmail.com  Fri Sep 14 18:48:33 2012
From: emperorcezar at gmail.com (Cezar Jenkins)
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:48:33 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Regression Testing
In-Reply-To: <50535E03.60101@glendenin.com>
References: <50535598.4070901@uchicago.edu> <50535E03.60101@glendenin.com>
Message-ID: <E8E541A42282425995CA890D4B5ABD84@gmail.com>

If your package is open sourced, then checkout travis (http://travis-ci.org/).


-- 
Cezar Jenkins
Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig)


On Friday, September 14, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Chad Glendenin wrote:

> It sounds like what you're looking for might be continuous integration. Check out Hudson (a.k.a. Jenkins), TeamCity, etc. I've had good experiences using nose as my test discoverer/runner (with Django and Hudson), but it's possible something newer and better has appeared. Sadly, I have not written much Python the past few months. :-/
> 
> Nose: http://nose.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
> Jenkins: http://jenkins-ci.org/
> 
> 
> Oren Livne wrote:
> > Dear All,
> > 
> > I am writing a python project. I divided my code into packages and 
> > modules. I also have a "tests" package under my distribution dir 
> > containing unittest-annotated tests. I run them in Eclipse PyDev using 
> > a main test suite module containing a "def suite()" method.
> > 
> > What's the best way to automate running the same suite at the command 
> > line, and a good regression tester I could run nightly?
> > 
> > Thank you so much,
> > Oren
> > _______________________________________________
> > Chicago mailing list
> > Chicago at python.org (mailto:Chicago at python.org)
> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Chicago mailing list
> Chicago at python.org (mailto:Chicago at python.org)
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago




From orblivion at gmail.com  Fri Sep 14 19:01:31 2012
From: orblivion at gmail.com (Dan Krol)
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:01:31 -0700
Subject: [Chicago] Regression Testing
In-Reply-To: <E8E541A42282425995CA890D4B5ABD84@gmail.com>
References: <50535598.4070901@uchicago.edu> <50535E03.60101@glendenin.com>
	<E8E541A42282425995CA890D4B5ABD84@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAAWRcS8Ep0NvG-dA2eLyTy-Qw29-5HMW+GdXfUDfKBRLJaSfNw@mail.gmail.com>

Travis is kindof a bad name for a butler though.

BTW I feel like I should mention, in case you end up installing
django-nose. They have a weird bug at the moment where sometimes it
runs tests with your non-test database. I think I've found it to use
one or the other based on whether you're running the whole suite or a
specific test. https://github.com/jbalogh/django-nose/issues/76 So to
be safe, keep whatever it is that runs tests on a different computer
than live.

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Cezar Jenkins <emperorcezar at gmail.com> wrote:
> If your package is open sourced, then checkout travis (http://travis-ci.org/).
>
>
> --
> Cezar Jenkins
> Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig)
>
>
> On Friday, September 14, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Chad Glendenin wrote:
>
>> It sounds like what you're looking for might be continuous integration. Check out Hudson (a.k.a. Jenkins), TeamCity, etc. I've had good experiences using nose as my test discoverer/runner (with Django and Hudson), but it's possible something newer and better has appeared. Sadly, I have not written much Python the past few months. :-/
>>
>> Nose: http://nose.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
>> Jenkins: http://jenkins-ci.org/
>>
>>
>> Oren Livne wrote:
>> > Dear All,
>> >
>> > I am writing a python project. I divided my code into packages and
>> > modules. I also have a "tests" package under my distribution dir
>> > containing unittest-annotated tests. I run them in Eclipse PyDev using
>> > a main test suite module containing a "def suite()" method.
>> >
>> > What's the best way to automate running the same suite at the command
>> > line, and a good regression tester I could run nightly?
>> >
>> > Thank you so much,
>> > Oren
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Chicago mailing list
>> > Chicago at python.org (mailto:Chicago at python.org)
>> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Chicago mailing list
>> Chicago at python.org (mailto: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 brianhray at gmail.com  Fri Sep 14 20:14:10 2012
From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray)
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 13:14:10 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] interesting interview with Chris Webber about Mediagoblin
Message-ID: <CANKg38s7eYx1rFFO38P2zndhSyvHxRrqTfzPb6+DcaLLrq5pAA@mail.gmail.com>

Karen and Bradley interview Christopher Allan Webber of the GNU
Mediagoblin project.

http://faif.us/cast/2012/sep/14/0x31/

He also offered to give a talk next month.

-- 
Brian Ray
@brianray

From livne at uchicago.edu  Fri Sep 14 22:16:08 2012
From: livne at uchicago.edu (Oren Livne)
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:16:08 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Regression Testing
In-Reply-To: <50535E03.60101@glendenin.com>
References: <50535598.4070901@uchicago.edu> <50535E03.60101@glendenin.com>
Message-ID: <50539088.60408@uchicago.edu>

Dear All - thank you so much for the responses. I am familiar with 
Hudson. I downloaded jenkins but didn't get the basic user 
authentication to work, and python development requires quite a few 
steps ( 
http://www.wallix.org/2011/06/29/how-to-use-jenkins-for-python-development/) 
so I might put it aside till it gets a little simpler.

Thanks!
Oren

On 09/14/2012 11:40 AM, Chad Glendenin wrote:
> It sounds like what you're looking for might be continuous 
> integration. Check out Hudson (a.k.a. Jenkins), TeamCity, etc. I've 
> had good experiences using nose as my test discoverer/runner (with 
> Django and Hudson), but it's possible something newer and better has 
> appeared. Sadly, I have not written much Python the past few months. :-/
>
> Nose: http://nose.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
> Jenkins: http://jenkins-ci.org/
>
>
> Oren Livne wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I am writing a python project. I divided my code into packages and 
>> modules. I also have a "tests" package under my distribution dir 
>> containing unittest-annotated tests. I run them in Eclipse PyDev 
>> using a main test suite module containing a "def suite()" method.
>>
>> What's the best way to automate running the same suite at the command 
>> line, and a good regression tester I could run nightly?
>>
>> Thank you so much,
>> Oren
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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

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From derek.eder at gmail.com  Sat Sep 15 02:21:40 2012
From: derek.eder at gmail.com (Derek Eder)
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:21:40 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] dedupe approaching alpha release!
Message-ID: <CAFd5_WEuG7kpajp93Jm=gVrWa_=hsnaw1Kiw0cUgMaprA2vxpA@mail.gmail.com>

ChiPy-ers,

Forest and I have made significant progress over the past few months on our
open source dedupe library.

You can see the latest code here: https://github.com/open-city/dedupe

We have a great working
example<https://github.com/open-city/dedupe/blob/master/examples/csv_example.py>that
takes in a CSV file and outputs a CSV of clustered groups, so if you
are interested in using dedupe now for your own data, this is a great
pattern to follow.

Over the next few weeks, we will develop an example that uses a sqlite
database for larger datasets (10,000+ rows). The completion of this, along
with some additional documentation, will mark the completion of alpha.

Join our Google groups for more frequent updates:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!forum/open-source-deduplication

Stay tuned!

Derek

-- 
Derek Eder
@derek_eder <https://twitter.com/#!/derek_eder>
derekeder.com
derek.eder at gmail.com
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From cwebber at dustycloud.org  Sat Sep 15 12:20:08 2012
From: cwebber at dustycloud.org (Christopher Allan Webber)
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 05:20:08 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] interesting interview with Chris Webber about
	Mediagoblin
In-Reply-To: <CANKg38s7eYx1rFFO38P2zndhSyvHxRrqTfzPb6+DcaLLrq5pAA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CANKg38s7eYx1rFFO38P2zndhSyvHxRrqTfzPb6+DcaLLrq5pAA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <877grvpoyv.fsf@earlgrey.lan>

Thanks Brian!

By the way, for those of you who didn't know (it's said in the
interview) I quit my job at Creative Commons to persue GNU MediaGoblin
fulltime and to try to make it feasible to support myself financially
while working on it.  I'm currently in full head-down mode trying to get
together the crowdfunding campaign we'll be running through the FSF (the
first type of campaign they've ever done like this for a project) next
month.

In a sense, MediaGoblin is a true ChiPy project... the skills I know
related to developing the project have grown in parallel and intertwined
with me being a ChiPy attendee. :)

Definitely interested in giving a state-of-mediagoblin talk next month,
if people are interested in hearing it!

 - Chris


Brian Ray writes:

> Karen and Bradley interview Christopher Allan Webber of the GNU
> Mediagoblin project.
>
> http://faif.us/cast/2012/sep/14/0x31/
>
> He also offered to give a talk next month.


From brianhray at gmail.com  Sat Sep 15 21:17:14 2012
From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray)
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 14:17:14 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Python for Android
Message-ID: <160B69A9-A18F-4C46-9BB9-223A157F72B1@gmail.com>


http://chicagoandroid.com/m/discussion?id=5161535%3ATopic%3A26846






From rlspelich at gmail.com  Sat Sep 15 22:28:23 2012
From: rlspelich at gmail.com (Robert Spelich)
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:28:23 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] LinkedIn
Message-ID: <CAAuAO0FN6UX-5-9uZiWz3cZ3xApdrA388okG6eqD3Uxp=gy17A@mail.gmail.com>

There seems to be a strong demand for python developers in Chicagoland. I
have received a handful of emails in the past couple weeks from recruiters
that find me on LinkedIn. Has Chipy considered starting a LinkedIn group?
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From brian at python.org  Sat Sep 15 23:10:55 2012
From: brian at python.org (Brian Curtin)
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:10:55 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] LinkedIn
In-Reply-To: <CAAuAO0FN6UX-5-9uZiWz3cZ3xApdrA388okG6eqD3Uxp=gy17A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAAuAO0FN6UX-5-9uZiWz3cZ3xApdrA388okG6eqD3Uxp=gy17A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAD+XWwqOxA=egyMPH2TsWzFep9tQ1hs6bA2WvWP61AHpE3_Epw@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Robert Spelich <rlspelich at gmail.com> wrote:
> There seems to be a strong demand for python developers in Chicagoland. I
> have received a handful of emails in the past couple weeks from recruiters
> that find me on LinkedIn. Has Chipy considered starting a LinkedIn group?

I think that would just make their spamming that much easier, but
you're more than welcome to start it up. There's also a "Chicago
Python Network" group to consider.

From kumar.mcmillan at gmail.com  Mon Sep 17 08:49:15 2012
From: kumar.mcmillan at gmail.com (Kumar McMillan)
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:49:15 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Python for Android
In-Reply-To: <160B69A9-A18F-4C46-9BB9-223A157F72B1@gmail.com>
References: <160B69A9-A18F-4C46-9BB9-223A157F72B1@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CA+VOWAHoGMo930kBcuOt9vgY9DgJ3otYW8vsBqYsXCFBBZyzBw@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> http://chicagoandroid.com/m/discussion?id=5161535%3ATopic%3A26846
>

Any ideas about what the event is? I love how science is pushing forward
Python on Android. I don't even...


>
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From brianhray at gmail.com  Mon Sep 17 14:29:50 2012
From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray)
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:29:50 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Python for Android
In-Reply-To: <CA+VOWAHoGMo930kBcuOt9vgY9DgJ3otYW8vsBqYsXCFBBZyzBw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <160B69A9-A18F-4C46-9BB9-223A157F72B1@gmail.com>
	<CA+VOWAHoGMo930kBcuOt9vgY9DgJ3otYW8vsBqYsXCFBBZyzBw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CANKg38vkmWR9RzmAoGV8kweY5wcGsAFdh5z+qkcp9wxKvPR=qg@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 1:49 AM, Kumar McMillan
<kumar.mcmillan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Brian Ray <brianhray at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> http://chicagoandroid.com/m/discussion?id=5161535%3ATopic%3A26846
>
>
> Any ideas about what the event is? I love how science is pushing forward
> Python on Android. I don't even...
>

haha, I do not have any details. I contacted Uki to see what is up.

Meanwhile, on the news front, a member shared this with me:

  http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/googles-java-translator-eases-path-ipad-iphone-apps-202377




-- 
Brian Ray
@brianray

From jessica.cassidy at texturacorp.com  Mon Sep 17 16:05:06 2012
From: jessica.cassidy at texturacorp.com (Jessica Cassidy)
Date: 17 Sep 2012 10:05:06 -0400
Subject: [Chicago] Textura Job Description
Message-ID: <243668050.1347890706585.JavaMail.cfservice@sl10app4>



Hello Everyone! Textura is the recognized leader building web-based software (SaaS) for the Construction industry. We have over 75,000 end users and expanding internationally! We have a couple openings for Python Developers. As a developer, you will develop the next-generation of the company?s proprietary software and have the unique opportunity to directly impact Textura?s business results. 



 








Textura is the leading provider of collaboration and productivity tools for the construction industry. Our solutions serve owners, architects, general contractors and subcontractors across the project lifecycle ? from design and pre-qualification to bid management, submittals and payment ? on a single, integrated platform. Textura?s collaboration platform and online product suite represent the first time the industry has all the tools needed to manage their business in an integrated fashion to save time and money and reduce exposure to risks. CNN Headline News said our CPM application may be ?the most sophisticated business-to-business Internet-based application in the world.? With award winning SaaS technology, world-class customer support and 100% growth year-after-year, Textura is leading the construction industry?s technology transformation.














 

Responsibilities:



Write server-side code for web-applications, create high-volume production applications, and develop prototypes quickly. 



Work with Web Services and the development of software application and features. 



Design, develop, code, test, implementation and support of all phases of the software development lifecycle using Python.



Work collaboratively with other internal development teams, Product teams and QA teams on the design and integration of new software and features.



 

Requirements:



A minimum of 2 years of GUI or server side web-application Python software development experience. 



Understanding of object oriented concepts, using formal development methods. (Experience with agile/test driven methodologies a plus). 



Developing robust, secure, complex, scalable, high volume, commercial-grade web applications. 



Some database programming with PostgreSQL or SQLAlchemy. 



Financial and business workflow development experience. 



Expertise with all phases of the software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, implementation, and support. 



Working in a collaborative team environment; Verbal and written skills.



 

Desired Experience: 



Behavior Driven Development 



Architecture and systems development



Application development experience using Linux, Apache, Webware, SQLObject, Reportlab technologies



Business Process focused systems is a plus









 

Contact Jessica Cassidy (312-496-7975 or jessica.cassidy at texturacorp.com) to be a part of a collaborative team that supports creativity and innovation. 



 




**If you have expertise in Ruby, PHP, Java, or C++ and a genuine interest in becoming a Python developer, please apply! 









Sincerely,


Jessica Cassidy

Textura Corporation

www.texturacorp.com

Talent Acquisition Specialist

O - 312-496-7975

C - 816-810-2513






Textura is the leading provider of collaboration and productivity tools for the construction industry. Our solutions serve owners, architects, general contractors and subcontractors across the project lifecycle ? from design and pre-qualification to bid management, submittals and payment ? on a single, integrated platform. Textura?s collaboration platform and online product suite represent the first time the industry has all the tools needed to manage their business in an integrated fashion to save time and money and reduce exposure to risks. CNN Headline News said our CPM application may be ?the most sophisticated business-to-business Internet-based application in the world.? With award winning SaaS technology, world-class customer support and 100% growth year-after-year, Textura is leading the construction industry?s technology transformation.














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From brianhray at gmail.com  Mon Sep 17 23:28:04 2012
From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray)
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:28:04 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Technori
Message-ID: <1E82DAAE-C3D8-4E6D-81B3-4772874683A3@gmail.com>


Hey, Technori Pitch is this Weds! Talia Mashiach keynote + 5 great companies pitching on stage! Get 25% off using PYCON. http://bit.ly/QgQbqM


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From paul at paulmayassociates.com  Thu Sep 20 14:57:36 2012
From: paul at paulmayassociates.com (Paul May)
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:57:36 -0000
Subject: [Chicago] python python python developer for a start up,
	whooo do you know
Message-ID: <423424879333676@184.173.221.31:26>

Hey ChiPy, I have an excellent opportunity for some who would like to help a startup grow. Whoooo do you know?  
We're currently seeking for a Chicago area Python Developer Stud or Studett with some Django ideally. 
Company is a start up with exciting potential.  Tons of development and growth opportunity.
Click on the link, send me a resume or call to chat.
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Also, Python Developers in the Deerfield area as well. Click on the link. 
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From dnfehrenbach at gmail.com  Thu Sep 20 16:54:11 2012
From: dnfehrenbach at gmail.com (Daniel Fehrenbach)
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:54:11 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Chicago Urban Sustainability Hackathon - Oct 5-7
Message-ID: <CAATXiX+4QnnxKUtP88JVu5vXO8ngpXP_WEmG_X7Fr_VJdqYEAQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Python folks,

My organization, the Center for Neighborhood Technology, is sponsoring
a hackathon around the idea of 'Reinventing Chicago" at Tech Nexus
Friday October 5th through Sunday the 7th. Developers, designers etc
with ideas for improving transportation, water or energy use or
understanding for people in Chicago is welcome. Subject experts from
CNT will be there to offer advice and suggestions while you work and
on Sunday each project will be judged by entrepreneurs, venture
capitalists and urban thinkers with prizes for the winning team.

More information and registration lick can be found here -
http://cnthackathon.brownpapertickets.com/

If you have any questions let me know.

Thanks
Dan Fehrenbach

From brian at python.org  Thu Sep 20 23:23:43 2012
From: brian at python.org (Brian Curtin)
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:23:43 -0000
Subject: [Chicago] PyCon 2013 Ticket Sales Have Begun!
Message-ID: <mailman.4.1348176225.27094.chicago@python.org>

Hi ChiPy!

The PyCon organizers are happy to announce that ticket sales for the March 2013 conference have opened at https://us.pycon.org/2013/registration/ ! Early bird rates are available for the first 1000 purchases, which is a departure from previous time-based systems. With PyCon 2012 having been a quick sell out, we're expecting this one to be the same. Keep in mind that attendance is strictly limited to 2500.

PyCon 2013 is going back to Santa Clara, CA before heading up north for two years in Montreal, Quebec for 2014-15. The event starts with two days of tutorials on March 13, followed by three days of talks starting March 15, and ends with four days of sprints starting March 18.

Individual and corporate ticket prices remain the same as they have been for the last few years, with early bird rates of $300 and $450 respectively. The regular rates of $350 and $600 for individual and corporate are still an incredible deal.

For 2013 we've reduced the cost to students by 50%, bringing the early bird rate to $100 with a regular rate of $125. Providing a more affordable conference experience for students is a priority for the organizers and the Python Software Foundation, and we're hoping the decrease helps bring more of them out.

We've also increased our financial aid program, and hope to assist more attendees for PyCon 2013! You can apply for financial aid through the new consolidated form at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dGt4Z0dsY052VERJem4xUUFVQW9uQVE6MQ

We're still accepting proposals for talks and tutorials, with a deadline of September 28. Poster proposals are accepted through January 15, 2013. For more information, see https://us.pycon.org/2013/speaking/cfp/

If your company is interested in sponsorship, we need you. Sponsors are what make PyCon a possibility, and sponsorship offers some great values to the generous organizations who support the conference. Check out https://us.pycon.org/2013/sponsors/whysponsor/ to find out what you get out of sponsorship, with a prospectus at https://us.pycon.org/2013/sponsors/prospectus/. Contact Jesse Noller at jnoller at python.org with any sponsorship inquiries.

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From: paul at paulmayassociates.com (Paul May)
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:38:06 -0000
Subject: [Chicago] python contract REMOTE as in Develop from home
Message-ID: <156096922068436@184.173.221.31:26>



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From malcolm.newsome at gmail.com  Sun Sep 23 03:48:15 2012
From: malcolm.newsome at gmail.com (Malcolm Newsome)
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 20:48:15 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Apprenticeships
In-Reply-To: <mailman.18.1348308001.5490.chicago@python.org>
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Hey ChiPy,

I've spent the last several months working as a Junior Developer with a 
startup.  As it goes with startups sometimes, I just received word that 
I will be getting laid off in  a couple weeks.

I've seen quite a bit recently about the growth of software 
apprenticeships. As a self-taught developer, this looks quite appealing 
for a number of reasons.  I'm wondering if anyone in the group knows of 
any apprenticeships (or, if not a formal apprenticeship, a shop that's 
looking for a very self-motivated Junior Dev that is quite eager to 
learn, contribute, and be mentored).

I'm happy to share more about my level of experience to anyone who 
inquires (my e-mail is below).

Many thanks in advance!

Malcolm Newsome
malcolm.newsome at gmail.com


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From jp at zavteq.com  Mon Sep 24 03:16:57 2012
From: jp at zavteq.com (JP Bader)
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:16:57 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Apprenticeships
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Malcolm (and any other interested ChiPy folks),

I've just launched my very own apprenticeship program for my company, and
would recommend you give it a look (http://www.zavteq.com/zavterns).  While
the main focus is concentrated on students who are already pursuing an
education in EE, CS, or something similar, we won't turn away someone who
isn't already familiar with many of these basic concepts.

I encourage you read through the page, and if it looks like a fit, please
apply.

Also, other ChiPy folks, we are looking for mentors, and will be paying for
your time, so it's essentially a win-win-win.  This program is in its
infancy, but we're very excited about it so far, and if you're interested
in participating, please drop me a line.

Looking forward to the next best meetup ever!


JP Bader
www.zavteq.com
@lordB8r
On Sep 22, 2012 8:48 PM, "Malcolm Newsome" <malcolm.newsome at gmail.com>
wrote:

>  Hey ChiPy,
>
> I've spent the last several months working as a Junior Developer with a
> startup.  As it goes with startups sometimes, I just received word that I
> will be getting laid off in  a couple weeks.
>
> I've seen quite a bit recently about the growth of software
> apprenticeships. As a self-taught developer, this looks quite appealing for
> a number of reasons.  I'm wondering if anyone in the group knows of any
> apprenticeships (or, if not a formal apprenticeship, a shop that's looking
> for a very self-motivated Junior Dev that is quite eager to learn,
> contribute, and be mentored).
>
> I'm happy to share more about my level of experience to anyone who
> inquires (my e-mail is below).
>
> Many thanks in advance!
>
> Malcolm Newsome
> malcolm.newsome at gmail.com
>
>
> On 09/22/2012 05:00 AM, chicago-request at python.org wrote:
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From francesca at 10gen.com  Mon Sep 24 13:01:17 2012
From: francesca at 10gen.com (Francesca Krihely)
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:01:17 +0100
Subject: [Chicago] MongoDB Chicago: CFPs and Early Bird Prices
Message-ID: <CAAvcw2Ra0Pyg8fZQ8Z+QQMBTGEMKkZ=VLeptxWKnMEaFA4nk=g@mail.gmail.com>

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From emperorcezar at gmail.com  Tue Sep 25 04:30:28 2012
From: emperorcezar at gmail.com (Cezar Jenkins)
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:30:28 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Submitting a topic on the new Chipy site
Message-ID: <8E5B810031A04A5E8A2906FB99955DB3@gmail.com>

Hello,

If you remember, I'm working on a new Chipy site. Progress is slow but steady. (Who would have thought a new born would take time. v0v :) )
Anywho, I've come to the question of what should happen when someone proposes a topic. I've started and issue on github for discussion. See link.

https://github.com/chicagopython/chipy.org/issues/5 

-- 
Cezar Jenkins
Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig)



From brianhray at gmail.com  Tue Sep 25 16:04:44 2012
From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray)
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:04:44 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Submitting a topic on the new Chipy site
In-Reply-To: <8E5B810031A04A5E8A2906FB99955DB3@gmail.com>
References: <8E5B810031A04A5E8A2906FB99955DB3@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CANKg38tnByCNjt+A+mtPxQXvGFddeUkp06v3yFDtFrDrBP9m_A@mail.gmail.com>

I think proposing a topic is too formal. So whatever we can do to make
it a conversation is great.

-- 
Brian Ray
@brianray
(773) 669-7717

From emperorcezar at gmail.com  Tue Sep 25 16:12:15 2012
From: emperorcezar at gmail.com (Cezar Jenkins)
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:12:15 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Submitting a topic on the new Chipy site
In-Reply-To: <CANKg38tnByCNjt+A+mtPxQXvGFddeUkp06v3yFDtFrDrBP9m_A@mail.gmail.com>
References: <8E5B810031A04A5E8A2906FB99955DB3@gmail.com>
	<CANKg38tnByCNjt+A+mtPxQXvGFddeUkp06v3yFDtFrDrBP9m_A@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2A95B14F79F84504B68D80A667E6EBB3@gmail.com>

Conversations happen best on the mailing list. 

The questions then becomes, 

Is the purpose of the tool to be a repo of talk ideas?
Is it to take the data entry burden off of Brian and to have the presenter enter the information themselves, therefore preserving it's accuracy?
Or something else?


-- 
Cezar Jenkins
Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig)


On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Brian Ray wrote:

> I think proposing a topic is too formal. So whatever we can do to make
> it a conversation is great.
> 
> -- 
> Brian Ray
> @brianray
> (773) 669-7717
> _______________________________________________
> Chicago mailing list
> Chicago at python.org (mailto:Chicago at python.org)
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago




From chicagomackay at gmail.com  Tue Sep 25 16:27:03 2012
From: chicagomackay at gmail.com (Alex MacKay)
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:27:03 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Submitting a topic on the new Chipy site
In-Reply-To: <2A95B14F79F84504B68D80A667E6EBB3@gmail.com>
References: <8E5B810031A04A5E8A2906FB99955DB3@gmail.com>
	<CANKg38tnByCNjt+A+mtPxQXvGFddeUkp06v3yFDtFrDrBP9m_A@mail.gmail.com>
	<2A95B14F79F84504B68D80A667E6EBB3@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2448FE3B-2D06-4341-9632-AB508AB20FF8@gmail.com>

Very good point.


On Sep 25, 2012, at 9:12 AM, Cezar Jenkins wrote:

> Conversations happen best on the mailing list. 
> 
> The questions then becomes, 
> 
> Is the purpose of the tool to be a repo of talk ideas?
> Is it to take the data entry burden off of Brian and to have the presenter enter the information themselves, therefore preserving it's accuracy?
> Or something else?
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cezar Jenkins
> Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig)
> 
> 
> On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Brian Ray wrote:
> 
>> I think proposing a topic is too formal. So whatever we can do to make
>> it a conversation is great.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Brian Ray
>> @brianray
>> (773) 669-7717
>> _______________________________________________
>> Chicago mailing list
>> Chicago at python.org (mailto: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 carl at personnelware.com  Tue Sep 25 17:14:12 2012
From: carl at personnelware.com (Carl Karsten)
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:14:12 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Submitting a topic on the new Chipy site
In-Reply-To: <2448FE3B-2D06-4341-9632-AB508AB20FF8@gmail.com>
References: <8E5B810031A04A5E8A2906FB99955DB3@gmail.com>
	<CANKg38tnByCNjt+A+mtPxQXvGFddeUkp06v3yFDtFrDrBP9m_A@mail.gmail.com>
	<2A95B14F79F84504B68D80A667E6EBB3@gmail.com>
	<2448FE3B-2D06-4341-9632-AB508AB20FF8@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CADmzSShN0S5LEUyzM4v_6Kqq5WonMMh79Gzb1mOtbFO+fbZxxA@mail.gmail.com>

When someone is ready to commit to talking at the next meeting, they
should submit the proposal.

If they are not committed but want feedback, ask on the list.

Once it is submitted, someone needs to accept it.  The decision to
accept it can be like it always has: chatter on the list until someone
hunkers down and makes the call.  Now that call gets entered into the
db as a bit that gets flipped from maybe to yes.    The moment that
happens, everyone (including the presenter) knows that talk is
happening.



On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Alex MacKay <chicagomackay at gmail.com> wrote:
> Very good point.
>
>
> On Sep 25, 2012, at 9:12 AM, Cezar Jenkins wrote:
>
>> Conversations happen best on the mailing list.
>>
>> The questions then becomes,
>>
>> Is the purpose of the tool to be a repo of talk ideas?
>> Is it to take the data entry burden off of Brian and to have the presenter enter the information themselves, therefore preserving it's accuracy?
>> Or something else?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cezar Jenkins
>> Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig)
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Brian Ray wrote:
>>
>>> I think proposing a topic is too formal. So whatever we can do to make
>>> it a conversation is great.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Brian Ray
>>> @brianray
>>> (773) 669-7717
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Chicago mailing list
>>> Chicago at python.org (mailto: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
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Chicago at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago



-- 
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From paaschpa at gmail.com  Tue Sep 25 17:49:21 2012
From: paaschpa at gmail.com (Pat P.)
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:49:21 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Submitting a topic on the new Chipy site
In-Reply-To: <CADmzSShN0S5LEUyzM4v_6Kqq5WonMMh79Gzb1mOtbFO+fbZxxA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <8E5B810031A04A5E8A2906FB99955DB3@gmail.com>
	<CANKg38tnByCNjt+A+mtPxQXvGFddeUkp06v3yFDtFrDrBP9m_A@mail.gmail.com>
	<2A95B14F79F84504B68D80A667E6EBB3@gmail.com>
	<2448FE3B-2D06-4341-9632-AB508AB20FF8@gmail.com>
	<CADmzSShN0S5LEUyzM4v_6Kqq5WonMMh79Gzb1mOtbFO+fbZxxA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CA+Vo-DVgyz7mcbgxi28i+WPuGa4pNPk3rZdPQzJnd3fo+hRTjA@mail.gmail.com>

I put some thoughts down on the Github issue last night
https://github.com/chicagopython/chipy.org/issues/5#issuecomment-8842521 - I
like submitting a talk to a meeting and having it 'float' until accepted.
I've also seen  '+1' responses to topics on the list, so maybe having a
'+1' voting system would make the feature more conversation-like.


On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Carl Karsten <carl at personnelware.com>wrote:

> When someone is ready to commit to talking at the next meeting, they
> should submit the proposal.
>
> If they are not committed but want feedback, ask on the list.
>
> Once it is submitted, someone needs to accept it.  The decision to
> accept it can be like it always has: chatter on the list until someone
> hunkers down and makes the call.  Now that call gets entered into the
> db as a bit that gets flipped from maybe to yes.    The moment that
> happens, everyone (including the presenter) knows that talk is
> happening.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Alex MacKay <chicagomackay at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Very good point.
> >
> >
> > On Sep 25, 2012, at 9:12 AM, Cezar Jenkins wrote:
> >
> >> Conversations happen best on the mailing list.
> >>
> >> The questions then becomes,
> >>
> >> Is the purpose of the tool to be a repo of talk ideas?
> >> Is it to take the data entry burden off of Brian and to have the
> presenter enter the information themselves, therefore preserving it's
> accuracy?
> >> Or something else?
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Cezar Jenkins
> >> Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig)
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Brian Ray wrote:
> >>
> >>> I think proposing a topic is too formal. So whatever we can do to make
> >>> it a conversation is great.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Brian Ray
> >>> @brianray
> >>> (773) 669-7717
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> Chicago mailing list
> >>> Chicago at python.org (mailto: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
>
>
>
> --
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From livne at uchicago.edu  Wed Sep 26 18:22:25 2012
From: livne at uchicago.edu (Oren Livne)
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:22:25 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] virtualenv not showing installed packages
Message-ID: <50632BC1.3060109@uchicago.edu>

Dear All,

I'm trying to configure my python environment called "ober" in a cluster 
machine. I did the following:
- downloaded virtualenv.py
- virtualenv.py ober
- . ober/bin/activate
- pip install numpy --upgrade (installed 1.6.2)

However, the numpy version is still shown as 1.5.1, because

(ober)[livne at ibicluster python]$ echo $PYTHONPATH
/clusta/livne/ober/util:/clusta/livne/ober/impute:/clusta/livne/ober/network:/clusta/livne/ober/famplot:/apps/rhel5/x86_64/MACS/MACS-1.4.2/bin1/lib/python2.7/site-packages:/apps/rhel5/x86_64/Python/Python-2.7.1/lib/python2.7/site-packages:/apps/rhel5/x86_64/CEAS/CEAS-Package-1.0.2/lib/python2.7/site-packages

does not include my virtualenv's site-packages directory, even though

(ober)[livne at ibicluster python]$ which python
/cihome3/livne/python/ober/bin/python

Any advice?
Thanks so much,
Oren

From shekay at pobox.com  Wed Sep 26 19:10:54 2012
From: shekay at pobox.com (sheila miguez)
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:10:54 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Pycon Canada grants
In-Reply-To: <CAHCs_rat+CUy0OTL43R-C_BhtbLTfA2xNbcVtart=82DYSfvPQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAHCs_rat+CUy0OTL43R-C_BhtbLTfA2xNbcVtart=82DYSfvPQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAHCs_rbp+udM9ykCzsGXzHHMX3niE5m2HpW6nWpFNaczoCwQxA@mail.gmail.com>

Is everyone aware that there is a pycon Canada conference in Nov with
diversity grants available?

Here's the tweet I saw about it.

We still have a few $500 diversity grants available for PyCon Canada
Nov 2012 Toronto. Email board at pycon.ca a quick blurb. It's that easy!

<https://twitter.com/diana_clarke/status/250962780398702593>

Carl and I are driving up, and Carl is recording the event. For people
who fly, there's a good deal on Porter air which goes from Midway to
Toronto.



-- 
sheila

From livne at uchicago.edu  Wed Sep 26 19:30:13 2012
From: livne at uchicago.edu (Oren Livne)
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:30:13 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] virtualenv not showing installed packages
In-Reply-To: <50632BC1.3060109@uchicago.edu>
References: <50632BC1.3060109@uchicago.edu>
Message-ID: <50633BA5.6010500@uchicago.edu>

I solved this problem by removing the standard python installation paths 
from PYTHONPATH. So numpy, networkx were installable. But problems 
installing scipy. After compiling BLAS and LAPACK from sources (BLAS 
with -fPIC) I am getting

pip install scipy --upgrade
...
/usr/bin/ld: /cchome/livne/python/src/BLAS/libfblas.a(daxpy.o): 
relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when 
making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC

/cchome/livne/python/src/BLAS/libfblas.a: could not read symbols: Bad value

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Oren

On 09/26/2012 11:22 AM, Oren Livne wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I'm trying to configure my python environment called "ober" in a 
> cluster machine. I did the following:
> - downloaded virtualenv.py
> - virtualenv.py ober
> - . ober/bin/activate
> - pip install numpy --upgrade (installed 1.6.2)
>
> However, the numpy version is still shown as 1.5.1, because
>
> (ober)[livne at ibicluster python]$ echo $PYTHONPATH
> /clusta/livne/ober/util:/clusta/livne/ober/impute:/clusta/livne/ober/network:/clusta/livne/ober/famplot:/apps/rhel5/x86_64/MACS/MACS-1.4.2/bin1/lib/python2.7/site-packages:/apps/rhel5/x86_64/Python/Python-2.7.1/lib/python2.7/site-packages:/apps/rhel5/x86_64/CEAS/CEAS-Package-1.0.2/lib/python2.7/site-packages 
>
>
> does not include my virtualenv's site-packages directory, even though
>
> (ober)[livne at ibicluster python]$ which python
> /cihome3/livne/python/ober/bin/python
>
> Any advice?
> Thanks so much,
> Oren


From danieltpeters at gmail.com  Wed Sep 26 19:50:41 2012
From: danieltpeters at gmail.com (Daniel Peters)
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:50:41 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] virtualenv not showing installed packages
In-Reply-To: <50633BA5.6010500@uchicago.edu>
References: <50632BC1.3060109@uchicago.edu>
	<50633BA5.6010500@uchicago.edu>
Message-ID: <CAHzLg+Zb4UyG7pd5z-jqs93M-gTHFYZrWw=qs1PWKzaDGYaXvw@mail.gmail.com>

I've had a fair amount of hair pulling afternoons getting BLAS and LAPACK
and scipy et al to play nicely.  It usually takes a couple of hours of
fixing environment variables, paths. etc.  for whatever thats worth.  What
OS are you using?

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Oren Livne <livne at uchicago.edu> wrote:

> I solved this problem by removing the standard python installation paths
> from PYTHONPATH. So numpy, networkx were installable. But problems
> installing scipy. After compiling BLAS and LAPACK from sources (BLAS with
> -fPIC) I am getting
>
> pip install scipy --upgrade
> ...
> /usr/bin/ld: /cchome/livne/python/src/BLAS/**libfblas.a(daxpy.o):
> relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making
> a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
>
> /cchome/livne/python/src/BLAS/**libfblas.a: could not read symbols: Bad
> value
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
> Oren
>
>
> On 09/26/2012 11:22 AM, Oren Livne wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I'm trying to configure my python environment called "ober" in a cluster
>> machine. I did the following:
>> - downloaded virtualenv.py
>> - virtualenv.py ober
>> - . ober/bin/activate
>> - pip install numpy --upgrade (installed 1.6.2)
>>
>> However, the numpy version is still shown as 1.5.1, because
>>
>> (ober)[livne at ibicluster python]$ echo $PYTHONPATH
>> /clusta/livne/ober/util:/**clusta/livne/ober/impute:/**
>> clusta/livne/ober/network:/**clusta/livne/ober/famplot:/**
>> apps/rhel5/x86_64/MACS/MACS-1.**4.2/bin1/lib/python2.7/site-**
>> packages:/apps/rhel5/x86_64/**Python/Python-2.7.1/lib/**
>> python2.7/site-packages:/apps/**rhel5/x86_64/CEAS/CEAS-**
>> Package-1.0.2/lib/python2.7/**site-packages
>>
>> does not include my virtualenv's site-packages directory, even though
>>
>> (ober)[livne at ibicluster python]$ which python
>> /cihome3/livne/python/ober/**bin/python
>>
>> Any advice?
>> Thanks so much,
>> Oren
>>
>
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From livne at uchicago.edu  Wed Sep 26 20:14:47 2012
From: livne at uchicago.edu (Oren Livne)
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:14:47 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] virtualenv not showing installed packages
In-Reply-To: <CAHzLg+Zb4UyG7pd5z-jqs93M-gTHFYZrWw=qs1PWKzaDGYaXvw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <50632BC1.3060109@uchicago.edu> <50633BA5.6010500@uchicago.edu>
	<CAHzLg+Zb4UyG7pd5z-jqs93M-gTHFYZrWw=qs1PWKzaDGYaXvw@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <50634617.40103@uchicago.edu>

Linux ibicluster.uchicago.cc 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Dec 17 11:41:38 
EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

On 09/26/2012 12:50 PM, Daniel Peters wrote:
> I've had a fair amount of hair pulling afternoons getting BLAS and 
> LAPACK and scipy et al to play nicely.  It usually takes a couple of 
> hours of fixing environment variables, paths. etc.  for whatever thats 
> worth.  What OS are you using?

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From livne at uchicago.edu  Wed Sep 26 20:19:39 2012
From: livne at uchicago.edu (Oren Livne)
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:19:39 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] virtualenv not showing installed packages
In-Reply-To: <50634617.40103@uchicago.edu>
References: <50632BC1.3060109@uchicago.edu> <50633BA5.6010500@uchicago.edu>
	<CAHzLg+Zb4UyG7pd5z-jqs93M-gTHFYZrWw=qs1PWKzaDGYaXvw@mail.gmail.com>
	<50634617.40103@uchicago.edu>
Message-ID: <5063473B.8070202@uchicago.edu>

With gcc, gfortran 4.1.2

On 09/26/2012 01:14 PM, Oren Livne wrote:
> Linux ibicluster.uchicago.cc 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Dec 17 11:41:38 
> EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> On 09/26/2012 12:50 PM, Daniel Peters wrote:
>> I've had a fair amount of hair pulling afternoons getting BLAS and 
>> LAPACK and scipy et al to play nicely.  It usually takes a couple of 
>> hours of fixing environment variables, paths. etc.  for whatever 
>> thats worth.  What OS are you using?
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Chicago mailing list
> Chicago at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago

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From livne at uchicago.edu  Wed Sep 26 20:33:35 2012
From: livne at uchicago.edu (Oren Livne)
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:33:35 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] virtualenv not showing installed packages
In-Reply-To: <5063473B.8070202@uchicago.edu>
References: <50632BC1.3060109@uchicago.edu> <50633BA5.6010500@uchicago.edu>
	<CAHzLg+Zb4UyG7pd5z-jqs93M-gTHFYZrWw=qs1PWKzaDGYaXvw@mail.gmail.com>
	<50634617.40103@uchicago.edu> <5063473B.8070202@uchicago.edu>
Message-ID: <50634A7F.70201@uchicago.edu>

I solved it. On
http://www.scipy.org/Installing_SciPy/BuildingGeneral#head-afafb64f8d0edbe09e7b85c43c08cd5bd5904350
it says to set PLAT, OPTS and NOOPT but I only set the first two. When I 
set NOOPT everything worked. Thanks for your feedback, Daniel.

Lesson: pay attention to the details of the installation manual.

Oren

On 09/26/2012 01:19 PM, Oren Livne wrote:
> With gcc, gfortran 4.1.2
>
> On 09/26/2012 01:14 PM, Oren Livne wrote:
>> Linux ibicluster.uchicago.cc 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Dec 17 
>> 11:41:38 EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> On 09/26/2012 12:50 PM, Daniel Peters wrote:
>>> I've had a fair amount of hair pulling afternoons getting BLAS and 
>>> LAPACK and scipy et al to play nicely.  It usually takes a couple of 
>>> hours of fixing environment variables, paths. etc.  for whatever 
>>> thats worth.  What OS are you using?
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Chicago mailing list
>> Chicago at python.org
>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago
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From brianhray at gmail.com  Wed Sep 26 21:04:44 2012
From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray)
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:04:44 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Chicago UNCUBED: bringing together emerging companies &
	talented candidates
In-Reply-To: <1111096592891.1105784871162.2346.10.1810003B@scheduler.constantcontact.com>
References: <1111096592891.1105784871162.2346.10.1810003B@scheduler.constantcontact.com>
Message-ID: <CANKg38stv8ehzS1abY26qo7D0LZcxF5NFer7CFTiB+hkeRZBsw@mail.gmail.com>

Here is our special (FREE) registration for ChiPy members:
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From jessica.cassidy at texturacorp.com  Fri Sep 28 23:27:49 2012
From: jessica.cassidy at texturacorp.com (Jessica Cassidy)
Date: 28 Sep 2012 17:27:49 -0400
Subject: [Chicago] Textura Job Description
Message-ID: <1200510506.1348867669230.JavaMail.cfservice@sl10app5>







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From brianhray at gmail.com  Sun Sep 30 05:50:28 2012
From: brianhray at gmail.com (Brian Ray)
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 22:50:28 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Next Chipy Monthly Meeting -- Android? Mobile? Static?
Message-ID: <CANKg38tBOuJuCEXOMHHf2aTumyWZp1KY8Bsp2OkxwydZLk40RQ@mail.gmail.com>

Gees, time flys when your having fun. Is it really almost next month
or has the full moon caused some brain disfunction. Should we develop
and theme and perhaps a plan for attack?

Our local Andriod/Mobile Guru, is pushing to get a presenter the for
his meeting (ChicagoAndriod.com and Google Technology User Group) the
night before:

  http://chicagoandroid201210.eventbrite.com/

(also ref: http://chicagoandroid.com/forum/topics/event-python-for-android-with-sl3a-app)

I do recall some Andriod talks of our own in the past. Questions: A)
can someone help Uki out and present on this topic at his meeting and
B) can someone help ChiPy out and present on this topic at our
meeting.

PS I need to take off early next meeting, so could use someone's help
closing up-- or we could just stop pretent like I am actually helpful
closing up. Carl?

-- 
Brian Ray

From shekay at pobox.com  Sun Sep 30 19:36:48 2012
From: shekay at pobox.com (sheila miguez)
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 12:36:48 -0500
Subject: [Chicago] Submit a talk or tutorial for Pycon Canada -- deadline
	Monday!
Message-ID: <CAHCs_rbU5A0-uKi1E4PvFJDXF8sP3uPrt8G_zHeEOoMF4V8tig@mail.gmail.com>

They're also taking submissions for 5 minute lightning talks.

Toronto is not too far from Chicago, and Porter airlines has a flight
from MDW to Toronto.

http://www.pycon.ca/speakers#submitting-atalkortutorial

"""
Submitting a Talk or Tutorial

We would prefer 20 minute talks, although 45 minute talks will also be
considered. Tutorials are 3 hours. We also welcome ideas for sprints.
The deadline to submit talks and tutorials is October 1st, 2012.

Submit your talk if you are logged in. Alternatively, you can send
talk and tutorial proposals to organizers at pycon.ca. Include the
following information in talk and tutorial proposals:

    Name of the talk or tutorial
    Length of the talk/tutorial
    Intended audience (assumed level of knowledge)
    Abstract for the talk/tutorial - 200 chars max
    Outline of the talk/tutorial
    Additional notes for the proposal reviewers. This can include
additional background information such as links to other presentations
you have done, or links to blog posts, articles or code related to
your presentation.
"""

-- 
sheila