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PyOhio 2009 Call For Proposals

The PyOhio Call for Proposals has been issued! PyOhio 2009 takes place July 25-26, 2009 at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Much like a mini-PyCon, it includes scheduled talks, tutorials,...

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Hacking On A super Alternative

Python's super built-in has always bugged me. I'm talking about something much more superficial than James Knight's thoughts on it being harmful. I'm talking out its signature. I dislike the fact that...

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Getting Branch Coverage In Nose

Just a few days ago Ned Batchelder announced experimental branch coverage support in coverage.py. I have been waiting a long time for this. I had a few false starts myself so I know how much time Ned...

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Setting Gmail As The Preferred Mail Reader In Gnome

A Google search turns up lots of dead ends. Some are pretty good, but most are completely useless. I tried a couple of the configuration variations suggested in the article and its comments and didn't...

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From Python Import Podcast

The first podcast in the From Python Import Podcast series has been recorded. Chris Miller did a really good job of explaining the concept in a blog post yesterday. In my mind Chris, Mike Crute and I...

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FPIP Episode 001 Has Been Released

Get it while it's hot! It was a lot of fun to make and I'm looking forward to really making ut a success. Mad props go out to Chris Miller for carrying the podcast newbies. Please subscribe, listen...

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PyOhio 2010 Registration Open!

From the official PyOhio website: PyOhio is an annual conference for Python programmers in and around Ohio. PyOhio 2010, the third annual conference, will take place July 31 - August 1, 2010 at Ohio...

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PyOhio 2010 Plans

PyOhio is this weekend! If you are thinking about going you should stop thinking and register. You'll have a good time. I've been asked several times over the last few days about what to expect and if...

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Unit Testing The Algorithm - Not The Entire Possible Dataset

This morning I attended a very inspiring talk by Jim Weirich where he talked about the correct way to do unit testing. Someone (aka Skeptic) asked an interesting question during the Q & A and...

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Clepy July 11, 2011 Summary

After a long hiatus from Clepy I'm back. I had a great time at the last meeting and I'm going to make a sincere effort to make it each month. No official talks were scheduled so we resorted to the old...

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