2011-11-28 (1.0.1)
2011-12-08 (2.8)
Ian Ward's email:
first name at this domain
wardi on OFTC, freenode and github
Python is a wonderful language, but some parts should really have bright WARNING signs all over them. There are features that just can't be used safely and others are that are useful but people tend to use in the wrong ways.
This is a rough transcript of the talk I gave at my local Python group on November 15, with some of the audience feed back mixed in. Most of this came from hanging around the Python IRC channel, something I highly recommend.
[update 2011-12-19: improved "array" critique, add "python -i" suggestion to "reload" critique, add html targets to sections]
[update 2011-12-20: include additional links from agentultra and ffrinch]
[update 2012-01-06: added hasattr and find]
Tags: Ottawa Software Python OPAG
I've said many times that Malaysian food should be as widely available as Chinese or Indian. It's wonderful stuff: Coconut milk, chili peppers, curries, fish sauce, noodles, pastries and so on. Influences from China, India and Indonesia.
And now there is a new Malaysian restaurant in Ottawa. Please go out and support them. I hope RoC(k)r & Junkii are wrong about Ottawa diners being too timid.
Tags: Ottawa
The third iteration the Arevco Lighting web site is now up.
The old site was simple HTML and images generated from a script, which I quite liked but wasn't the easiest thing for other people to update. The new site has been professionally skinned and is now running a Django CMS with some custom index code for product pages. I used the following:
I've used Gerbi now for a few public web sites. It's a well designed and usable CMS that is quite easy to extend. It also has good multilingual support that will make translating content as easy as editing the pages.
Catching up on some more old business: here are the slides from the Python 2 and Python 3 talk I gave at last month's OCLUG meeting.
I am also preparing some Python tutorials for the upcoming 2011 Linux Symposium in Ottawa June 13-15. Hope you can make it.
Tags: Ottawa OCLUG OLS Software Linux Python
I'm late with this update (busy catching up on other work that I neglected last month) but I must report that the Ottawa IPv6 Summit went far better than I had hoped: Great turn-out, great venue, great talks and great food.
Pictures are now available from Richard Guy Briggs and we're working on putting the talk videos online with the help of ISI Global Webcasting.
The space at Telfer School of Management was ideal, and the Telfer volunteers got everyone registered helped everything run really smoothly all day.
It was tons of work, but I look forward to doing it again. Maybe I'll even catch more than a couple talks in person next time.
Tags: Ottawa OCLUG Hardware Software IPv6
Response to the Ottawa IPv6 Summit has been amazing. Yesterday we completely sold out our venue and had to shut down registrations. We just can't fit any more people in the room with the keynote talk first thing in the morning.
We do still have some room after the keynote though, and if you don't mind skipping the first talk you can now register for one of the overflow spots we have just made available.
Hope to see you on Friday.
Tags: Ottawa OCLUG Hardware Software IPv6
Just a reminder that tomorrow is the last day for the early registration discount.
The preliminary schedule has been posted. Register now!
Tags: Ottawa OCLUG Hardware Software IPv6
