Re: [python-uk] Welcome to the "python-uk" mailing list

2018-07-28 Thread Alistair Broomhead
So I'd still agree with the advice to post this on StackOverflow, as it's a better format for a mailing list for this sort of question, but you're almost there, I advise you look at dict.items, also your rpm list code might be a little cleaner if you looked at named groups for re, and considered tu

Re: [python-uk] TDD / Django / Selenium workshop - any interest in a part 2?

2011-12-07 Thread Alistair Broomhead
I for one would be very interested, where would this be held? - Original message - > Hi All, > > So I've finished digesting the lessons from the workshop last month, > and re-writing my tutorials appropriately.  It seems I wasn't > traumatised enough by the first one, so I'm keen to do a

Re: [python-uk] saturday london python dojos?

2012-01-31 Thread Alistair Broomhead
I'd also be interested - I usually attend ldnpydojo on a Thursday but a weekend would be more ideal. If it were a Sunday I would prefer it to start and end earlier, for the same reason Thursdays are less than convenient. Sent from my Sony Tablet S On Jan 30, 2012 10:34 PM, "Mohammed Abdulrazeg" w

Re: [python-uk] The London Python Dojo is this Thursday

2013-07-12 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Something that may may not work (I guess it would take a fair amount of organisation) once a challenge has been picked, we ask people to volunteer as team leaders, they get a git repo set up and write tests, but their main role is to advise their team and give them a nudge on things which are stopp

[python-uk] London Python Code Dojo is happening next Thursday

2013-08-29 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Good morning Pythonistas, next week on Thursday will be the first Thursday (05/09) of September and that means London Python Code Dojo! We are moving to Mind Candy in Shoreditch this time so, grab some tickets before they are all gone, or you won't get to use the slide : https://ldnpydojo.even

Re: [python-uk] London Python Code Dojo is happening next Thursday

2013-08-29 Thread Alistair Broomhead
/2013 10:43, Alistair Broomhead wrote: > > next week on Thursday will be the first Thursday (05/09) of September and > > that means London Python Code Dojo! > > > https://ldnpydojo.eventwax.com/london-python-code-dojo-season-5-episode-1 > > > Hi Alistair, > > The r

[python-uk] London Python Code Dojo is happening next Thursday

2013-08-29 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Good morning Pythonistas, next week on Thursday will be the first Thursday (05/09) of September and that means London Python Code Dojo! We are moving to Mind Candy in Shoreditch this time so, grab some tickets before they are all gone, or you won't get to use the slide : https://ldnpydojo.even

Re: [python-uk] London Python Code Dojo is happening next Thursday

2013-08-29 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Ok I've figured it out - it looks like the link is out of sync with the title - they're a season apart, so while it's season 5 episode 1, the link will be season 6 :s On 29 August 2013 11:00, Alistair Broomhead wrote: > Sorry all - that link was wrong somehow - it shoul

[python-uk] Next London Python Code Dojo - 3rd June at Hogarth in Soho

2014-06-26 Thread Alistair Broomhead
What: The London Python Code Dojo Where: The offices of Hogarth in Soho When: Thursday 3rd of July at 6:30pm until 10pm (ish) How: Turn up, enjoy Hogarth's amazing hospitality, watch some lightning talks, code on an interesting problem, SHOW AND TELL!!! then a trip to the pub. Who: You

[python-uk] London Python Code Dojo happening next Thursday

2014-10-30 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Hello, It's that time again, the October London Python Code Dojo (S06E03) is will be at the Wayra co-working space next Thursday! Grab your own ticket at ldnpydojo.eventwax.com/london-python-code-dojo-season-6-episode-3 before they're gone. Pizzas, refreshments and friendly Pythonistas will be p

Re: [python-uk] London Python Code Dojo happening next Thursday

2014-10-30 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Obviously I meant November :S On 30 October 2014 10:34, Alistair Broomhead wrote: > Hello, > > It's that time again, the October London Python Code Dojo (S06E03) is > will be at the Wayra co-working space next Thursday! > > Grab your own ticket at > ldnpydojo.event

Re: [python-uk] London Python Code Dojo happening next Thursday

2014-11-04 Thread Alistair Broomhead
tial ticket rush and you just want to come along, then there's another chance for that too. I look forward to song some of you there, Al On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 10:35 Alistair Broomhead wrote: > Obviously I meant November :S > > On 30 October 2014 10:34, Alistair Broomhead > wr

Re: [python-uk] London Python Code Dojo happening next Thursday

2014-11-06 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Due to last minute cancellations we now have 3 more places available tonight - grab yours now to make sure the don't have leftover beer and pizza! On Wed Nov 05 2014 at 7:35:33 AM Alistair Broomhead < alistair.broomh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everybody! > > Due to cancell

[python-uk] London Python Code Dojo happening next Thursday

2014-11-27 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Hello, Well it's been less than a month since I last made myself a nuisance on the mailing list, but I'm here to publicise next week's festive dojo. The December London Python Code Dojo (S06E04) is will be at Fry-IT next Thursday! Grab your ticket at https://ldnpydojo.eventwax.com/london-python-c

Re: [python-uk] London Python Code Dojo happening next Thursday

2014-12-04 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Due to last minute cancellations we have 3 tickets available for tonight's festive dojo in Shoreditch. Grab your ticket at https://ldnpydojo.eventwax.com/london-python-code-dojo-season-6-episode-4 before they're gone. On Thu, 27 Nov 2014 10:41 Alistair Broomhead wrote: > Hello,

Re: [python-uk] UK Python Training Day: Tuesday 9 December, Westminster, London

2014-12-09 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Hi Steve, I signed up yesterday, but unfortunately I'm not too well today, so I'm not going to make it, could you please release my place? Al On Mon, 8 Dec 2014 14:38 Steve Holden wrote: > Hi there, > > Tomorrow (sorry for the short notice) I have rented a space in Central > London and will be

Re: [python-uk] Job Ad: Senior Python Engineers -Skimlinks - London

2015-02-04 Thread Alistair Broomhead
These emails all get filtered into a folder for me, it's not hard to do and it makes it easy to ignore them. If anything I'd prefer more activity on here, not less. My 2p worth ;) Al ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org https://mail.python.or

Re: [python-uk] London Python Dojo contacts

2015-02-04 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Hi Rachel, I'm a member of the London dojo team, but I've cc'd the team mail address. How can we help? Al On Wed, 4 Feb 2015 20:46 Rachid Belaid wrote: > Hi > > Concerning Europython 2015, some friends who organize the Dojo in > Barcelona are considering to do a Dojo during the conf. > > Becau

[python-uk] London Python Dojo March

2015-02-26 Thread Alistair Broomhead
It's that time again! Tickets are now up for March's London Python Dojo, next Thursday 5th at Fry-IT. We're back to the usual format this month so laptops, lightning talks, and challenge ideas are all welcome. Details and sign-up can be found here: https://ldnpydojo.eventwax.com/london-python-co

[python-uk] [EVENT] London Python Dojo March

2015-02-26 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Further to this announcement there is a promo code to access 5 reserved PyLadies Tickets - he promo code is rather simply "PyLadies" On Thursday, 26 February 2015 19:39:47 UTC, Alistair Broomhead wrote: > > It's that time again! Tickets are now up for March's London Pyt

Re: [python-uk] [EVENT] London Python Dojo March

2015-02-26 Thread Alistair Broomhead
ion of the UK Python Community one of inclusivity, a reputation I think we all feel proud of. Cheers, Al On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 at 20:30 Alistair Broomhead < alistair.broomh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Further to this announcement there is a promo code to access 5 reserved > PyLadies Ticke

Re: [python-uk] London Python Dojo March

2015-03-04 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Due to cancellations there are a small handful of tickets now available for tomorrow's (Thursday 5th of March) Dojo. Get them here: https://ldnpydojo.eventwax.com/london-python-code-dojo-season-6-episode-7 See you all tomorrow, Al On Thu, 26 Feb 2015 19:39 Alistair Broomhead wrote: &

Re: [python-uk] Announcing: London Dojo Thursday 9th April

2015-04-08 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Hi All, Just a quick update: Due to a couple of cancellations we have a couple of tickets available for tomorrow's dojo - if you've been unable to pick up tickets thus far, now's your chance. Also contrary to the previous email we're trying something a bit different in terms of food - it's a sur

[python-uk] London Python Project Nights

2015-05-13 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Tickets are up for next week's event: https://london-python-project-nights.eventwax.com/london-python-project-nights-s00-e00 More details at http://london-python-project-nights.github.io This is an informal event, bring your own food and drink, but more importantly bring a project, or the desire

Re: [python-uk] Congratulations Carrie Anne and Naomi

2015-06-02 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Congratulations, I can't wait to catch up with the two of you! On Tue, 2 Jun 2015 08:24 Nicholas H.Tollervey wrote: > Hi Folks, > > In case you've not heard, two UK based Pythonistas have been elected as > directors of the Python Software Foundation board. > > Congratulations to and celebrations

Re: [python-uk] PyGame Zero: I tried to install but I failed :/

2015-06-06 Thread Alistair Broomhead
I don't have WiFi this weekend, but team 3's code is on a fork of that repo ;) On Sat, 6 Jun 2015 19:17 Tom Viner wrote: > We have the code from two teams (1 & 4) linked here: > https://github.com/ldnpydojo/ldnpydojo-game-zero > > Laptop owners on teams 2, 3 and 5 do get in contact so your team

[python-uk] Fwd: London Python Project Nights S00 E01

2015-06-11 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Woops I guess I need to sign the meet up admin email up to this list, see below: -- Forwarded message - From: Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:20 Subject: London Python Project Nights S00 E01 To: This list is restricted to members to restrict spam. If you wish to post a message to th

[python-uk] London Python Project Nights S00 E02

2015-07-10 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Hi Everybody! I'f like to invite everyone to the third meeting of London Python Project Nights - there will be a break after this before we come back for Season 01. Tickets can be found at https://london-python-project-nights.eventwax.com/london-python-project-nights-s00-e01-2 . At the last coupl

Re: [python-uk] London Python Project Nights S00 E02

2015-07-14 Thread Alistair Broomhead
lly this sounds like something that some of you would like to take part in, in which case I'll see you tomorrow, and if not, I apologise for the extra spam in your inbox ;) Al https://london-python-project-nights.eventwax.com/london-python-project-nights-s00-e01-2 On Fri, 10 Jul 2015 at 15:

Re: [python-uk] London Python Project Nights S00 E02

2015-07-14 Thread Alistair Broomhead
uld bring? (Have a > laptop with Python but wondered if there is anything else in can do to get > up to speed!) > > Cheers, > > Simon > On Tue, 14 Jul 2015 at 16:01, Alistair Broomhead < > alistair.broomh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, just to bump this - t

[python-uk] London Python Code Dojo (Season 7, Episode 1)

2015-08-27 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Hi Folks, It's that time again! The next dojo will be happening at 6:30 pm on Thursday the 3rd of September at the Skimlinks offices: Skimlinks 2nd Floor 52 Bevendon St N1 6BL London United Kingdom (Google maps: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Skimlinks/@51.5294074,-0.0870779,15z/data=!4m2!

[python-uk] London Python Project Nights

2015-10-03 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Hi all, After a long summer break, we're back this month. The first session of this season will be help on Wednesday the 14th of October at the Skimlinks office. Details and ticketing are here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/london-python-project-nights-tickets-17763813043?aff=email Last season was

Re: [python-uk] London Python Project Nights

2015-10-05 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Just a quick bump, seeing as I know many of us don't check this as much over the weekend: On Sat, 3 Oct 2015 15:36 Alistair Broomhead wrote: > Hi all, > > After a long summer break, we're back this month. The first session of > this season will be help on Wednesday the

[python-uk] London Python Project Nights - Wednesday 18th of November

2015-11-06 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Hi all, It's that time again, I'm announcing another episode of London Python Project Nights, and this time we're moving over to meetup.com, thanks to the ever-generous PSF. You can find all the details at http://www.meetup.com/London-Python-Project-Nights/events/226514617/. We'll be at Skimlinks

Re: [python-uk] No activity on #python-unregistered irc channel?

2015-12-08 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Hi gvim, You may have better luck on the #python-uk channel, although I'd say the best place for these questions is probably stackoverflow.com, where there may already be answers. Al On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 13:41 gvim wrote: > I'm new to Python and recently asked a couple of questions on the > #pyt

Re: [python-uk] No activity on #python-unregistered irc channel?

2015-12-08 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Interesting, have you registered with freenode's NickServ? I'm surprised that you've been able to post to that room... On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 13:51 gvim wrote: > It's where I ended up on irc.freenode.net when I joined #python. > > gvim > > > > On 08/12/2015 13:42, Cory Benfield (Lukasa) wrote: > > >

Re: [python-uk] No activity on #python-unregistered irc channel?

2015-12-08 Thread Alistair Broomhead
I definitely wasn't suggesting that joining either #python or #python-uk wasn't a good idea, I think it definitely is - it's just that for Q&A stackoverflow is awesome ;) On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 at 13:57 Daniele Procida wrote: > On Tue, Dec 8, 2015, Alistair Broomhead >

[python-uk] London Python Project Nights

2015-12-10 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Next Wednesday is our festive edition of London Python Project Nights, hosted at Skimlnks as usual: http://meetu.ps/2QDYw4 ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk

[python-uk] London Python Project Nights, Wed 15th

2016-06-08 Thread Alistair Broomhead
It's that time again - Build Something (nee London Python Project Nights) is on again next Wednesday. Looking forward to seeing some/all of you there! http://www.meetup.com/London-Python-Project-Nights/events/226695748 This may be the last one at Skimlinks for a while, while I've worked there the

[python-uk] London Python Project Nights Wednesday 20th of July 2016 (AKA Build Something)

2016-07-08 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Hey hey! The last session of this meetup for this summer will be running on the Wednesday after next, you can get tickets at http://www.meetup.com/London-Python-Project-Nights/events/232081504/. This month we will be hosted by Empiric, who are kindly providing food and refreshments. We shall be

Re: [python-uk] Static site generators with Python

2016-09-02 Thread Alistair Broomhead
It's also worth looking at circleci and buildbot, where the latter is run locally, which has its own pros and cons, and the former has had a lot of hype because of support for parallelism. Travis has good integration with slack though which is cool, and it has a lot of community support. On Fri, 2

Re: [python-uk] Static site generators with Python

2016-09-02 Thread Alistair Broomhead
into rooms where you might be trying to have a conversation. At the end of the day whether it works depends on your team and what you're trying to achieve. On Fri, 2 Sep 2016, 20:29 Andy Robinson, wrote: > On 2 September 2016 at 20:18, Alistair Broomhead > wrote: > > It's a

[python-uk] Full stack web team seeks full stack developer (London)

2016-09-12 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Hi everybody, Some of you might know me through the London Python community, or at least from spamming this list about meetups. I'm currently working at a small start-up called Novastone ( novastonemedia.com) which works in the secure messaging space and we're looking for full-stack developers to

Re: [python-uk] PyCon UK videos

2016-09-19 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Awesome, thanks for sharing this Tim! On Mon, 19 Sep 2016, 10:20 Tim Golden, wrote: > For those who couldn't make it to the Conference, or (like me) were at > the Conference but couldn't attend many talks, the videos are up already: > > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChA9XP_feY1-1oSy2L7acog/vi

[python-uk] London Python Project Nights (Build Something)

2016-10-13 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Good morning, The next Build Something will be next Wednesday- sorry for the late notice (again) RSVP at: http://www.meetup.com/London-Python-Project-Nights/events/234670759/ It's the SW1 Broadway, not the East London (or any other) one. With many thanks again to BMLL Technologies Ltd, and Steve

[python-uk] Good people wanted, small London startup between Liverpool St and Mooregate

2016-10-18 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Hi everybody, Some of you might know me through the London Python community, or at least from spamming this list about meetups, or in fact sending this same message about a month ago. I'm currently working at a small start-up called Novastone ( novastonemedia.com) which works in the secure messag

Re: [python-uk] Good people wanted, small London startup between Liverpool St and Mooregate

2016-10-18 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Sorry I forgot to mention that we're looking for full-time permanent staff - sorry for any confusion On Tue, 18 Oct 2016 at 12:16 Alistair Broomhead < alistair.broomh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > Some of you might know me through the London Python community

Re: [python-uk] Good people wanted, small London startup between Liverpool St and Mooregate

2016-10-20 Thread Alistair Broomhead
That is correct. We currently use Microsoft SQL Server. It's not too different to other SQL database and as I said before, specific experience with would be a plus rather than something we're specifically looking for. On Thu, 20 Oct 2016, 12:38 Steve Holden, wrote: On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 12:1

[python-uk] London Python Project Nights (Build Something)

2016-11-09 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Hey folks! The nights are drawing in, it's getting colder, it's almost mid November, and the middle of the month can only mean one thing: It's another session of our meetup next Wednesday (16th) RSVP at: http://www.meetup.com/London-Python-Project-Nights/events/235465861/ With many thanks again

Re: [python-uk] File upload with 'requests' package

2016-12-02 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Hi Florian, This is probably not the best forum for Q&A, but I think you might need to look at http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/user/advanced/#chunk-encoded-requests Al On Fri, 2 Dec 2016 at 16:11 Florian BERBAR wrote: > Good evening everyone, > > I try to post a file (100MB) on a Web

Re: [python-uk] File upload with 'requests' package

2016-12-02 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Not sure that really explain why curl could do it On Fri, 2 Dec 2016 at 17:19 Edward Hartley wrote: > Prolly a server side limit. > > On 2 Dec 2016, at 16:15, Alistair Broomhead > wrote: > > Hi Florian, > > This is probably not the best forum for Q&A, but I think

Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

2016-12-06 Thread Alistair Broomhead
As a warning to others, I think you might not have wanted to reply to the list ;) On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 at 11:09 David Hughes wrote: > On 06/12/2016 10:20, Sophie Hendley wrote: > > Hey all, > > I wanted to see if anyone on this list would be interested in chatting to > me about either of the follo

Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

2016-12-07 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Let's get a few things out in the open: 1. This shouldn't need saying, but the python-uk making list is here to serve the Python community in the United Kingdom. As the key usage of Python by a large chunk of that community is gainful employment those of us I've spoken to in person all seem to agr

Re: [python-uk] 2 Principle Engineer roles in London up to £95k

2016-12-07 Thread Alistair Broomhead
I would prefer not to hold other people to a higher standard than I hold myself. I know I'm certainly guilty of sending an email in a rush before, and later seeing that it wasn't perfect. The matter of the email's spelling being raked up again and again, when Sophie has apologised for it, and poin

[python-uk] London Python Project Nights (Build Something)

2016-12-07 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Hey all! It's that time again, next Wednesday (14th) will be our December meet up. This month we're being hosted by the people at thesquareapp.com who have kindly offered to provide food and drinks. RSVP at: https://www.meetup.com/London-Python-Project-Nights/events/236073711/ Thanks, Al __

Re: [python-uk] Python Training - trainer required

2016-12-13 Thread Alistair Broomhead
For any particular reason? On Tue, 13 Dec 2016, 09:54 John Crickett, wrote: > I would very strongly suggest you all avoid this company. > > Regards, John > > Follow me on Twitter > Connect with me on LinkedIn > > On 13

Re: [python-uk] Looking for new work buddies

2017-01-13 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Hi Hansel, I'm not sure if we can take a whole team, but we have vacancies at Novastone. We're looking for people with full stack experience, preferably with Angular + Flask but skills are obviously more important than frameworks. Let me know if you're interested, and obviously feel free to pass m

[python-uk] London Python Project Nights (Build Something) 2017-02-15

2017-02-08 Thread Alistair Broomhead
Hey folks! The nights are getting lighter, it's almost mid February, and the middle of the month can only mean one thing: It's another session of our meetup next Wednesday (15th) RSVP at: *https://www.meetup.com/London-Python-Project-Nights/events/237548918/