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  • There has been a fair amount of discussion on the pycon-organizers list about the Teach Me Twisted "event" at PyCon. Any thought about having something like that at an upcoming ChiPy meeting? Maybe ...
    SkipSkip
    Mar 20, 2008 at 3:08 pm
    Sep 19, 2008 at 9:23 pm
  • I visited the conference hotel today at noon to sample the lunch fare and talk things over with Marcia Perzyna. I also met Michael, the head chef (didn't catch his last name). Unfortunately, nobody ...
    SkipSkip
    Mar 1, 2008 at 9:56 pm
    Mar 5, 2008 at 9:37 pm
  • Hi, I'm a junior programmer from Columbia, and I want to know, is anyone a part of a netflix prize team? I'm doing a data mining project, and just picked up Collective Intelligence by Toby Segaran, ...
    Abb2104Abb2104
    Mar 27, 2008 at 1:31 am
    Mar 28, 2008 at 3:07 am
  • I'm moving this thread here because I think my reply is too hare-brained and informal for the organizers list. I hate lengthy blahblahblahs on how things should get done and would like some concrete ...
    Sheila miguezSheila miguez
    Mar 23, 2008 at 3:31 pm
    Mar 25, 2008 at 12:35 am
  • Hi All, Please join us for our most ad-hoc meeting yet! Wednesday night we're all getting together to help with the bag stuffing effort. WE NEED YOUR HELP. So, if you have time Wednesday night from ...
    Chris McAvoyChris McAvoy
    Mar 10, 2008 at 4:02 pm
    Mar 13, 2008 at 12:46 am
  • PyCon needs about 100 power strips, maybe 200. the big 6' long suckers. I just saw some at Microcenter for $45 each. thats 4500-$9000 saving $10 would be handy. Where should I get them from? Carl K
    Carl KarstenCarl Karsten
    Mar 10, 2008 at 9:43 pm
    Mar 11, 2008 at 9:49 pm
  • Hi ChiPy & Pycon-organizers, There's a bunch of open volunteer positions that we need to fill this week, so please figure out how you can help out. * Session Chairs Doug Napoleone, in a tremendous ...
    Chris McAvoyChris McAvoy
    Mar 6, 2008 at 1:23 pm
    Mar 10, 2008 at 1:37 pm
  • Hey ChiPy folks... We need 3 inch wide gaffers tape, say 30 rolls (60 yrdx3in) -- can someone locate and purchase this? I know it's a big cost, but you'll be reimbursed ASAP by David Goodger (so save ...
    Ted PollariTed Pollari
    Mar 11, 2008 at 11:27 pm
    Mar 12, 2008 at 6:33 pm
  • import sys class ContinueMeta(type): def __new__(cls, name, bases, dct): if name == 'continued': return type.__new__(cls, name, bases, dct) existing = sys._getframe(1).f_locals[name] for k, v in ...
    Brantley HarrisBrantley Harris
    Mar 27, 2008 at 9:07 pm
    Mar 29, 2008 at 5:37 am
  • Mortadelo is a GUI tool that allows easy access to [some of] the capabilities of Linux's SystemTap - but that's not important. Mortadelo is written in C#, and one of the authors, who has some prior ...
    Martin ManeyMartin Maney
    Mar 6, 2008 at 12:33 pm
    Mar 7, 2008 at 2:38 am
  • Hi All, One slot Friday, two on Sunday. Priority is obviously on filling the Friday slot. Get 'em while their hot! http://us.pycon.org/2008/conference/schedule/ Also, as an aside, thanks Doug ...
    Chris McAvoyChris McAvoy
    Mar 13, 2008 at 3:14 am
    Mar 13, 2008 at 4:26 pm
  • Do you have to show up to work tomorrow instead of spending the day hanging out with Python luminaries contributing to open source projects? All is not yet lost! Come to TechCoffee instead! We get ...
    John MeleskyJohn Melesky
    Mar 16, 2008 at 4:01 pm
    Mar 19, 2008 at 3:35 pm
  • I need to get 4 laptops to run Ubuntu. Dell sells laptops with Ubuntu loaded, and I would like to get one of those. tomorrow. I don't have time to wait for them to assemble and ship it. (yeah, like ...
    Carl KarstenCarl Karsten
    Mar 11, 2008 at 1:28 am
    Mar 18, 2008 at 7:53 pm
  • Can anyone fill in the two session chair gaps tomorrow? http://us.pycon.org/2008/conference/schedule/ Chris
    Chris McAvoyChris McAvoy
    Mar 15, 2008 at 3:29 pm
    Mar 16, 2008 at 12:21 am
  • For those of you that are participating in Flourish. Chicago April 4-5 at UIC. http://www.flourishconf.com Organizers are requesting people to represent their web framework at Flourish Rumble. Please ...
    Lukasz SzybalskiLukasz Szybalski
    Mar 27, 2008 at 6:58 pm
    Mar 28, 2008 at 9:57 pm
  • Does anyone have an extra copy of Carcassonne? I have lost mine. -- sheila Pycon-organizers mailing list Pycon-organizers at python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-organizers
    DeanGDeanG
    Mar 21, 2008 at 7:10 pm
    Mar 22, 2008 at 12:04 am
  • I just wanted to add my 0.02 on this powerstrip thread. My brother works in audio-visual production and does a lot of conferences/tradeshows (including many at Chicago hotels and at McCormick). ...
    David BeazleyDavid Beazley
    Mar 11, 2008 at 12:43 pm
    Mar 11, 2008 at 9:30 pm
  • I use Komodo for my IDE. In 4.3 they introduced a new, unpleasant Find & Replace dialog. Netroots to the rescue! If this concerns you, please sign my petition. Petition to restore the Find and ...
    Christian LongChristian Long
    Mar 7, 2008 at 5:00 pm
    Mar 7, 2008 at 10:47 pm
  • Are there any SpamBayes users on this list (well, besides me)? I'm hoping I can cajole someone with a non-free Yahoo! Mail account to try getting the SpamBayes IMAP filter to work with that system. ...
    SkipSkip
    Mar 7, 2008 at 12:45 am
    Mar 7, 2008 at 3:43 am
  • Sorry, didn't see that. GrassyKnoll Sprint/BoF: Orly, 4:45 pm Sunday! Tutorials, SVN access, discussion. Crayons. ORLY? -- Peter Fein || 773-575-0694 || pfein at pobox.com ...
    PetePete
    Mar 16, 2008 at 4:56 pm
    Mar 16, 2008 at 6:04 pm
  • Hi All, We have one slot open tomorrow, for the 2:10pm Ballroom I talks. Can someone please fill it? Chris
    Chris McAvoyChris McAvoy
    Mar 14, 2008 at 3:50 am
    Mar 14, 2008 at 5:33 am
  • Chipy Meeting 1 THurs 7 pm Atrium FUNder & Lighting! Chipy Meeting 2 Sat. 2:10 -2:45 pm room TBD GrassyKnoll -- Peter Fein || 773-575-0694 || pfein at pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~pfein/ || PGP: ...
    PetePete
    Mar 13, 2008 at 6:19 pm
    Mar 13, 2008 at 7:04 pm
  • Hi All, For those interested in working the registration desk tomorrow, it opens around 7:30. Volunteers who want to work the morning shift should get there around then. There's probably ...
    Chris McAvoyChris McAvoy
    Mar 13, 2008 at 3:10 am
    Mar 13, 2008 at 3:42 pm
  • Is there a good spot for stashing board games for the board game socials? I'll be showing up to the PyCon meeting tomorrow at the hotel, and I'd like to bring as many games as I can somehow cram ...
    Tom TobinTom Tobin
    Mar 12, 2008 at 5:20 pm
    Mar 12, 2008 at 5:28 pm
  • I am holding the AV contract. how sweet it is: projectors, screens, wireless mics for everyone (a pair for each session fo the the audience questions - it will be easier to get a mic to a person than ...
    Carl KarstenCarl Karsten
    Mar 7, 2008 at 10:38 pm
    Mar 8, 2008 at 5:09 pm
  • Hi everyone, At the last ChiPy meeting, I gave a talk on the weird tool I used for my PyCon talk. I've finally gotten around to cleaning up the code and releasing it under the BSD License. ...
    Feihong HsuFeihong Hsu
    Mar 31, 2008 at 5:59 pm
    Mar 31, 2008 at 5:59 pm
  • Kenneth P. StoxKenneth P. Stox
    Mar 28, 2008 at 9:38 pm
    Mar 28, 2008 at 9:38 pm
  • One of the lightning talks I liked best was Brian Dorsey's presentation about NoonHat: http://www.noonhat.com/lunch/ http://youtube.com/watch?v=2f4c1dQW3vY The key observation which led Brian to ...
    SkipSkip
    Mar 21, 2008 at 10:12 pm
    Mar 21, 2008 at 10:12 pm
  • I've shared a document with you called "ChiPy Teach Me Matrix": http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pmM2wzAvN4vS6zaS6DyGvNw&inv=chicago at python.org&tG60205156178495560&guest It's not an ...
    Feihong HsuFeihong Hsu
    Mar 20, 2008 at 4:48 pm
    Mar 20, 2008 at 4:48 pm
  • We have 8 potentially one hour long tutorial tapes we need a camera to digitize. Does anybody have such a camera that could be dropped off at PyCon for a day? - -Joe Baker
    Joe BakerJoe Baker
    Mar 18, 2008 at 7:56 pm
    Mar 18, 2008 at 7:56 pm
  • We have a great spot just off the lobby. Carl is going to provide a projector, Pete is going to provide a presentation, we're all set. 7pm, at the Pycon hotel, just off the main lobby. See you all ...
    Chris McAvoyChris McAvoy
    Mar 13, 2008 at 3:09 am
    Mar 13, 2008 at 3:09 am
  • I'll be driving from Downers Grove to Pycon, so if anyone is interested in carpooling and is coming from that direction, respond to me directly. Robert
    RcriiiRcriii
    Mar 11, 2008 at 10:36 pm
    Mar 11, 2008 at 10:36 pm
  • I'll be attending the conference but not staying at the hotel. If anyone wishes to carpool from the direction of Downers Grove, respond to me directly.
    RcriiiRcriii
    Mar 11, 2008 at 2:46 pm
    Mar 11, 2008 at 2:46 pm
  • I'm pleased to announce the 0.3 release of GrassyKnoll, a search engine written in Python. This is an exploratory release - while fully functional, it is not production ready. ...
    PetePete
    Mar 10, 2008 at 10:27 am
    Mar 10, 2008 at 10:27 am
  • Hi everybody, New free web2py appliances on http://mdp.cti.depaul.edu/appliances/default/index including a eStore (uses Google checkout), Scriptaculous (to use effects in web2py) , Podcasts (to ...
    Massimo Di PierroMassimo Di Pierro
    Mar 7, 2008 at 10:22 pm
    Mar 7, 2008 at 10:22 pm
  • Hi All, I requested a table for ChiPy at Flourish. Chris ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Joshua McAdams <joshua.mcadams at gmail.com Date: Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 10:44 PM Subject: [Chirb] ...
    Chris McAvoyChris McAvoy
    Mar 7, 2008 at 4:36 pm
    Mar 7, 2008 at 4:36 pm
  • This year I'm "organizing" the Python Lab, an event where groups of 3-5 people work together to solve problems in Python ( http://us.pycon.org/2008/conference/pythonlab/). This event is a great way ...
    Cosmin StejereanCosmin Stejerean
    Mar 5, 2008 at 7:37 am
    Mar 5, 2008 at 7:37 am
  • In case anybody is interested I have released a new web2py appliance to provide consumer and provider functionalities for the CAS (Central Authentication Service) protocol. The appliance is here with ...
    Massimo Di PierroMassimo Di Pierro
    Mar 1, 2008 at 8:19 am
    Mar 1, 2008 at 8:19 am
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