From stuart at swilliams.ca  Thu Jan 19 23:22:04 2012
From: stuart at swilliams.ca (Stuart Williams)
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:22:04 -0600
Subject: [Python Wpg] Free 3-hour Python course in Winnipeg
Message-ID: <CAO3p=81hXDkYWWMruJH8aRCrCd3-MGCm0ER5svXfg=Lm6D1iWQ@mail.gmail.com>

I'm teaching this intermediate Python course at PyCon in March:
https://us.pycon.org/2012/schedule/presentation/276/

I'd like to practice it before the conference, so I'm planning to offer the
course here in Winnipeg Wednesday February 8th in the evening, free of
charge!  It's a 3-hour course so it will probably be 6:00 to 9:15 p.m.,
perhaps with pizza or other food (not free) at 5:45 p.m.

Please reply to me (not the entire list unless you want to) and let me know
if you are interested, and if the date and time don't work, some idea of
what dates and times would.  If lots are interested but few can make the
date and/or time I can change them.  Location is to be determined based in
part on numbers.

Stuart Williams.
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From stuart at swilliams.ca  Mon Jan 23 20:24:15 2012
From: stuart at swilliams.ca (Stuart Williams)
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:24:15 -0600
Subject: [Python Wpg] Free 3-hour Python course in Winnipeg
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I've had six positive replies, so we'll be proceeding with February 8th.
 If others are interested let me know.  I'll post once or twice more to
this list when we know more details so others can join or spread the word
to others that may be interested.

Stuart.

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:22 PM, Stuart Williams <stuart at swilliams.ca>wrote:

> I'm teaching this intermediate Python course at PyCon in March:
> https://us.pycon.org/2012/schedule/presentation/276/
>
> I'd like to practice it before the conference, so I'm planning to offer
> the course here in Winnipeg Wednesday February 8th in the evening, free of
> charge!  It's a 3-hour course so it will probably be 6:00 to 9:15 p.m.,
> perhaps with pizza or other food (not free) at 5:45 p.m.
>
> Please reply to me (not the entire list unless you want to) and let me
> know if you are interested, and if the date and time don't work, some idea
> of what dates and times would.  If lots are interested but few can make the
> date and/or time I can change them.  Location is to be determined based in
> part on numbers.
>
> Stuart Williams.
>
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From kveroneau at gmail.com  Tue Jan 24 02:04:42 2012
From: kveroneau at gmail.com (Kevin Veroneau)
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:04:42 -0600
Subject: [Python Wpg] A Python cloud service for all Python developers in
	beta now!
Message-ID: <CAK=AUw9fyMr_n31diSuS3JRNdGBX9LS-wo+sjwwO=ar3vO=HiQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Everyone!

  I am on the LinkedIn Python Developers group and just saw the most
interesting post about this Python web service running on Amazon's EC2.
Currently it is in beta, and if you sign-up at the right time, you will be
emailed a invitation link.

  This service is not only for Web Developers, but for all Python
Developers.  It allows any Python developers to dynamically run any Python
code in any web-browser on any OS anywhere in the world(Yes it will work on
your iPhone and iPad).  It has a persistent server-side Python session,
which is basically a Python prompt in your web browser.  If you close your
browser and say move to a different computer and re-open the website, you
will see the Python prompt just as you left it.  This allows one to show
examples and output easily with anyone.  It also supports some
collaboration tools, where more than 1 user can share a single Python shell
session.

  I just received my invitation and will be writing a review based on the
beta version of the software.  Since it also support web apps, it may be a
good replacement for my current webapp configuration.  It is currently
free, and when it comes out of beta, there will be a free tier, as well as
a paid tier for more complex usages, such as requiring more CPU cycles from
Amazon's EC2 cloud.  The billing is utility based, so you only pay for what
you use, which makes it valuable just to have around, even if it's only
used a few times a month or even a year.

  Here is their website: http://www.pythonanywhere.com/

  They have a video on their website displaying the software in use at a
recent PyCon.

Enjoy!
Kevin Veroneau
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From kveroneau at gmail.com  Sat Jan 28 15:32:07 2012
From: kveroneau at gmail.com (Kevin Veroneau)
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:32:07 -0600
Subject: [Python Wpg] Starting a new Python blog
Message-ID: <CAK=AUw9nVF1megFgWp-iOJoK+B32GjcMca6dcngW7tgSoZNgqA@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Everyone,

  For sometime now I have been itching to create a Python blog, and now the
fruits of my labour have paid off.  I am ready to release the blog to the
public eyes.  At the moment it has 2 main features, a blog portion, and a
bookmark system.  Both the blog and the bookmark system offer an RSS Atom
feed.  The bookmark system is fully compatible with "Live Bookmarks" to
quickly access some of my top Python sites I visit or visited recently
which caught my eye.

  The website is called "Python Diary", a rather unique take on a tech blog
name.  The site itself has a diary-like theme, and is for the most part
very easily to navigate.  The website was completely built using Python,
the theme was taken from a wordpress theme website and formatted to work
with the Django template system.  The entire backend is written from
scratch using a few reusable Django apps, namely, django-tagging, south,
and cumulus.

  Now you might be saying, "Oh great, yet another Python blog".  But
wait...  I plan on setting this blog apart from the thousands of other
blogs in the world with some very unique features.  Features normally found
on commercial software blogs, movie and video game blogs is a thorough
review system.  I plan on going through many of the available Python
packages out there in the wild and basically reviewing them like one would
review anything else.  I do not see a dedicated Python website which has
reviews of many Python packages available in PyPi.  I plan on stating the
usual pros and cons of the package, and providing a score.  For example of
how this type of review is formatted, take a look at a CNET Review.

My new blog can be found here: http://www.pythondiary.com/

  Tell me what you think of the website in general, and the overall idea
for this blog.

If you would like to subscribe to the upcoming content, add this RSS feed
to your favorite RSS reader:
http://www.pythondiary.com/blog.xml

Kevin Veroneau
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