[python-uk] EuroPython 2007: Call for Proposals

2007-03-26 Thread Michael Hudson
Book Monday 9th July to Wednesday 11th July 2007 in your calendar! EuroPython 2007, the European Python and Zope Conference, will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania. Last year's conference was a great success, featuring a variety of tracks, amazing lightning talks and inspiring keynotes. With your par

Re: [python-uk] Short notice Python meetup next week, anyone?

2007-04-19 Thread Michael Foord
Simon Brunning wrote: > http://announce.londonpython.org.uk/2007/04/19/snap-python-meetup/ > > Sounds great. I *might* be able to make it, depending on book pressures... Michael http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles.shtml ___ python-u

[python-uk] Come to PyCon UK - September 8th & 9th ! Speak! Learn! Enjoy!

2007-04-20 Thread Michael Sparks
st everything these days. Community conferences are a real opportunity to dive in and help and learn and share. Like python itself, the conference is also platform agnostic, so you're welcome if you use Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD, or even the same OS as me - Linux :) . Have

[python-uk] Bazaar sprint in London 14-18 May -- talk/meetup that week?

2007-05-03 Thread Michael Hudson
As you may or may not know, there's going to be a sprint on the Bazaar version control system in London in the week 14-18 May: http://bazaar-vcs.org/SprintLondonMay07 Is there any interest in a talk on Bazaar amongst the London-based Python types? If that's too much effort, we should at least al

Re: [python-uk] Bazaar sprint in London 14-18 May -- talk/meetup that week?

2007-05-03 Thread Michael Foord
Michael Hudson wrote: > As you may or may not know, there's going to be a sprint on the Bazaar > version control system in London in the week 14-18 May: > > http://bazaar-vcs.org/SprintLondonMay07 > > Is there any interest in a talk on Bazaar amongst the London-based > Py

[python-uk] [OT] Petition to Make UK TV Listings Free for Use on the Web

2007-05-04 Thread Michael Foord
Hello all, Sorry for the off-topic post, but I thought it would be the sort of thing that interests people like us. :-) http://www.terryburton.co.uk/blog/2007/05/sign-my-petition.html http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Free-TV-listings/ Currently anyone publishing television listings in the UK is requi

[python-uk] Python lecture at the IET, July 5th

2007-05-06 Thread Michael Grazebrook
eople without them. Or if we go for a presentation format there are a number of lecture theatres with superb facilities. ('Facilities' also includes food and the bar afterwards - IET evening lectures are networking events too). Pete, Tim - Is the date convenient for you? Michael, As you can

Re: [python-uk] Python lecture at the IET, July 5th

2007-05-06 Thread Michael Grazebrook
;m concerned, the fact that we can DO this sort of thing is a pretty good benefit! So Pete Ryland, Tim Golden, myself and maybe Andy Robinson need to get to present the formal description for publication and prepare our slides. Michael Grazebrook wrote: We have a lecture slot at the IET for J

Re: [python-uk] Bazaar sprint in London 14-18 May -- talk/meetup that week?

2007-05-15 Thread Michael Hudson
On 14/05/07, Pete Ryland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 03/05/07, Michael Foord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Michael Hudson wrote: > > > As you may or may not know, there's going to be a sprint on the Bazaar > > > version control system in London in t

Re: [python-uk] Bazaar sprint in London 14-18 May -- talk/meetup that week?

2007-05-16 Thread Michael Foord
Michael Hudson wrote: > On 14/05/07, Pete Ryland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 03/05/07, Michael Foord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Michael Hudson wrote: >>> >>>> As you may or may not know, there's going t

Re: [python-uk] Bazaar sprint in London 14-18 May -- talk/meetup that week?

2007-05-17 Thread Michael Hudson
On 16/05/07, Michael Foord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think I could be around Friday and would love to meet up with you > guys. Any venue in mind ? The plan, as I understand it at present, is indeed for us to meet up somewhere on Friday night. For venues, I suggested somewhere i

Re: [python-uk] Bazaar sprint in London 14-18 May -- talk/meetup that week?

2007-05-17 Thread Michael Hudson
On 17/05/07, Michael Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 16/05/07, Michael Foord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think I could be around Friday and would love to meet up with you > > guys. Any venue in mind ? > > The plan, as I understand it at present, is ind

[python-uk] London Python event at the IET's Savoy PLace building

2007-06-11 Thread Michael Grazebrook
eception 20:00 - 22:00 Event: A light byte of Python Venue: The IET, Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL Cost: Free Talk by: Michael Grazebrook, Tim Golden and Pete Ryland Python is a modern language. Easy enough for the engineer seeking to dabble in simple programming, but powerful enough to be used

Re: [python-uk] ann: Python at the IET

2007-07-03 Thread Michael Grazebrook
drop in on The Institution of Engineering and Technology [1] on the Embankment near Waterloo Bridge [2] for "A Light byte of Python" [3]. Michael Grazebrook, Pete Ryland and I are flying the Python flag for the benefit of technologists who have not yet had the pleasure. Michael will be usin

Re: [python-uk] ann: Python at the IET

2007-07-05 Thread Michael Grazebrook
Thanks to all who made it. We had a terrific turn-out: overbooked, but fortunately just enough people didn't show to let everyone get in. We were told to plan for 30 but got about 140. Tim did a superb presentation which both showcased the language nicely and also was easy for beginners to foll

Re: [python-uk] ann: Python at the IET

2007-07-06 Thread Michael Foord
Hello Michael, Thanks to you, Pete and Tim for organising the talk. It was *great* to see so many people attend - a very pleasant surprise. I think that for the audience a complete novices introduction might have been helpful. Maybe the next ones could be something like : * A brief

Re: [python-uk] ann: Python at the IET

2007-07-09 Thread Michael Grazebrook
Tim - Thanks for the kind words and I agree with what you say. In particular, I felt a little guilty that all those people brought their lap-tops but didn't get to play (though we did get a lot of people to load Python). The large numbers do give us an excuse, and nobody SAD they were disappo

Re: [python-uk] python-uk Digest, Vol 47, Issue 5

2007-07-09 Thread Michael Grazebrook
By speaking to this list you've spoken to the right people about IET lectures. This was a community event, the speakers recruited from this list. Tim, Pete and myself have some small advantage in experience having given the first one. As far as I know, anyone can ask to put on a talk at the I

Re: [python-uk] python-uk Digest, Vol 47, Issue 5

2007-07-11 Thread Michael Foord
Michael Grazebrook wrote: > [snip..]The IET's pleased to see we brought in a great audience, and > concerned that a python themed series would be too narrow a focus: > their field is the whole realm of engineering. Talks like your > proposal are good as they provide divers

Re: [python-uk] python-uk Digest, Vol 47, Issue 5

2007-07-11 Thread Michael Grazebrook
It's up to us in consultation with the IET to propose the format. What we delivered was not in the format we'd originally planned - we'd intended to deliver to an audience of about 30 with a much more tutorial aspect - so clearly both formats are possible. Michael Foord wrot

Re: [python-uk] python-uk Digest, Vol 47, Issue 5

2007-07-12 Thread Michael Foord
Michael Grazebrook wrote: > It's up to us in consultation with the IET to propose the format. What > we delivered was not in the format we'd originally planned - we'd > intended to deliver to an audience of about 30 with a much more > tutorial aspect - so clearly bot

[python-uk] Wednesday Evening Meet

2007-07-30 Thread Michael Foord
Hello all, I have an American friend who is a keen Python programmer on a visit to London on Wednesday. Anyone fancy meeting up for a drink? Michael Foord http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/ ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org

Re: [python-uk] Wednesday Evening Meet

2007-07-30 Thread Michael Foord
I guess the venue would be the Old Bank of England unless someone has a better idea for a venue. We will be there at about 6.30pm. http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/66/660/ Michael -- Hello all, I have an American friend who is a keen Python programmer on a visit to London on

[python-uk] Resolver is Hiring

2007-08-17 Thread Michael Foord
t techniques, including Test Driven Development, pair programming, continuous integration and the like. At the moment we are a small company, with only six developers. Experience with Python and agile development techniques are *not* a requirement, but certainly won't count against you.

Re: [python-uk] TinyERP -- was: Re: PyCon UK - It's Here!

2007-09-07 Thread Michael Sparks
tion of what open space *is* which I'll hopefully give to everyone at some point on the saturday. (we're figuring logistics on that at the moment!) Michael. ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk

Re: [python-uk] Anyone alive

2007-12-05 Thread Michael Foord
andy wrote: > Hi all > > At the risk of being flamed, I just wanted to see if this list was still > active. I've been a subscriber for a few days now and there have been no > posts. > No-one here but us chickens... Michael http://www.ma

[python-uk] Forwarding an Agency python request

2007-12-06 Thread Michael Grazebrook
I know it's an agency, and know nothing about the agency, but since at least one person at last night's meeting was looking for work I hope it's OK to forward the following spam: -- From [EMAIL PROTECTED] A leading investment bank, located in Central London, is currently looking for Pyth

[python-uk] Minimalistic software transactional memory

2007-12-08 Thread Michael Sparks
es seem to work OK, but I'm interested in the three points I mention above - if anyone is willing to comment - specifcally: * Does the API look simple enough? * Are there any glaring mistakes in the code ? (It's always harder to see your own bugs) * What key areas appear least

Re: [python-uk] [pyconuk] Minimalistic software transactional memory

2007-12-11 Thread Michael Sparks
n no-shared-data & read-only/write-only pipes with data handoff and not having had any major concurrency issues (despite mixing threads and non threads) switching to a shared data model instantly causes problems. The difference is really stark. One is simple, natural and easy and the other

Re: [python-uk] [pyconuk] Minimalistic software transactional memory

2007-12-19 Thread Michael Sparks
iteration is now minimally sufficiently safe. (ie safe from user code for the 4 main calls a user can/will do) The current iteration of the code can be found here: https://kamaelia.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/kamaelia/branches/private_MPS_Scratch/Bindings/STM/Axon/STM.py Many thanks for the

Re: [python-uk] [pyconuk] Minimalistic software transactional memory

2007-12-20 Thread Michael Sparks
do make life simpler (people appear to have to use locking directly in that implementation). > Anyone else out there still using MASCOT? I suspect I'm going to be ferreting out as much information about MASCOT as I can :-) Very many thanks for the feedback and search terms - amazingly useful! :-D Merry Christmas :-) Michael. ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk

Re: [python-uk] [pyconuk] Minimalistic software transactional memory

2007-12-21 Thread Michael Sparks
f something previously successful implies its a good idea :-) or whether to cry :-) (really happy really :-) Michael -- http://yeoldeclue.com/blog http://kamaelia.sourceforge.net/Developers/ ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk

Re: [python-uk] Favourite ways of scrubbing HTML/whitelisting specific HTML tags?

2008-02-07 Thread Michael Foord
Michael Sparks wrote: > On Thursday 07 February 2008 15:48:46 Jon Ribbens wrote: > >> The code at >> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2005_04_23.shtml#e35 >> is wrong, for example. >> > > That's because it whitelists a collection

Re: [python-uk] Favourite ways of scrubbing HTML/whitelisting specific HTML tags?

2008-02-07 Thread Michael Foord
Jon Ribbens wrote: > On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 02:35:29PM +0000, Michael Sparks wrote: > >> Just a quick Q for people: what's your favourite way (preferably a library >> :) >> of allowing a subset of HTML tags through? I can think of 1/2 dozen >> different

Re: [python-uk] Favourite ways of scrubbing HTML/whitelisting specific HTML tags?

2008-02-07 Thread Michael Foord
Michael Sparks wrote: > Hi, > > > Just a quick Q for people: what's your favourite way (preferably a library :) > of allowing a subset of HTML tags through? I can think of 1/2 dozen different > ways of doing this, but I'm sure there's a preferred approach

[python-uk] Favourite ways of scrubbing HTML/whitelisting specific HTML tags?

2008-02-07 Thread Michael Sparks
Hi, Just a quick Q for people: what's your favourite way (preferably a library :) of allowing a subset of HTML tags through? I can think of 1/2 dozen different ways of doing this, but I'm sure there's a preferred approach for some... Thanks in advance :-) Michael. -- http:/

Re: [python-uk] Favourite ways of scrubbing HTML/whitelisting specific HTML tags?

2008-02-07 Thread Michael Sparks
] } Would allow that code to be used with only a small modification, if I'm reading your objection right. On Thursday 07 February 2008 15:20:17 Michael Foord wrote: ... > I used htmldata a while ago to do this: > > http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2005_04_23.shtm

Re: [python-uk] Python Development jobs

2008-02-13 Thread Michael Foord
So 4-5 years experience with it is impossible (except perhaps for Jacob Kaplan-Moss and Simon Willison - who admittedly would be great to have on the project but I doubt this is the best way to reach them)... Michael Foord http://www.manning.com/foord _

Re: [python-uk] Python Development jobs

2008-02-13 Thread Michael Sparks
On Wednesday 13 February 2008 14:00:55 Michael Foord wrote: > Django was released in July 2005. So 4-5 years experience with it is > impossible Oh, I don't know - New Scientist reckoned recently that this was potential "year 0" for time tr

Re: [python-uk] Reminder: London Python Meetup, Tuesday May the 6th

2008-05-06 Thread Michael Foord
Hello everyone, Sorry I can't be there - have fun :-) Michael Foord Simon Brunning wrote: That would be fab, thanks Peter. On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 10:23 AM, Peter Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I can do a lighting talk on Grok as I just came back from Grokkerdam ev

[python-uk] May 10th Python Global Sprint and Bug Day (London)

2008-05-07 Thread Michael Foord
ends on the numbers interested... :-) Michael Foord http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk

Re: [python-uk] invalid syntax

2008-07-21 Thread Michael Connors
> > for fileName in glob.glob('*.mpg'): > print filename > > > Variable names are case sensitive. -- Michael Connors ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk

[python-uk] Talk on IronPython and Silverlight Tomorrow Evening, Thoughttworks London

2008-07-23 Thread Michael Foord
nt/498227/ Wiki: http://londongeeknights.wetpaint.com/ Wiki page for event: http://londongeeknights.wetpaint.com/page/Iron+Python+Night Michael Foord -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ http://www.trypython.org/ http://www.ironpython.info/ http://www.theotherde

[python-uk] PyCon UK Wiki Page: IronPython Tutorial

2008-08-07 Thread Michael Foord
pport MySQL, SQL Server and Postgres and we may also support sqlite.) Michael Foord -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ http://www.trypython.org/ http://www.ironpython.info/ http://www.resolverhacks.net/ http://www.theotherdelia.

[python-uk] [pyconuk] PyCon UK updates

2008-09-08 Thread Michael Foord
Hello Everyone, PyCon UK is almost upon us, and things are progressing well. Below our some updates and notices from the PyCon UK organisers. Tell your friends --- If you have a blog or website then please do mention that you are coming! Twitter For those of you into

[python-uk] [Fwd: ACCU Conference 2009 -- Call for Participation]

2008-09-20 Thread Michael Foord
UK programmers conference run by the community. If you gave a talk at PyCon UK, or have one waiting in the wings, then put it forward... It would be great to see the Python community well represented. Michael Original Message Subject:ACCU Conference 2009 -- Call for

[python-uk] The Resolver One Spreadsheet Challenge

2008-12-18 Thread Michael Foord
features, with examples to try: http://www.resolversystems.com/documentation/index.php/Tutorial.html Michael Foord Software Developer Resolver Systems -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://

[python-uk] EuroPython Promo at PyCon US

2009-04-05 Thread Michael Foord
Hello all, I'm sure you're already registered for EuroPython, but even so this promo that Jonathan Hartley did for EuroPython at PyCon US is an amusing watch. It's 61 minutes (!) into this video of lightning talks: http://pycon.blip.tv/file/1957737/ Michael

Re: [python-uk] London Python

2009-04-13 Thread Michael Foord
John Pinner wrote: Hello Robert, No sign of londonpython on Twitter! Perhaps this? http://twitter.com/londonpython/ Michael regards, John -- 2009/4/12 Robert [Siu Design] : Hi all, If you would like to get updates on twitter about what's happening in the Python/Django wor

Re: [python-uk] Python 3 book - 45% off at amazon

2009-05-06 Thread Michael Connors
python-uk mailing list > python-uk@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > -- Michael Connors ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk

Re: [python-uk] London Python Pub Night

2009-07-17 Thread Michael Foord
The PSF will pay the meetip fees for Puthon groups if requested. Michael -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com On 18 Jul 2009, at 00:35, Carles Pina i Estany wrote: Hello, Barcelona Meetup Group is using Meetup webpage (http:// www.meetup.com). I think that to create a Meetup it&#

Re: [python-uk] [pyconuk] Proposed PyCon UK UnConference, 5th September

2009-08-06 Thread Michael Foord
In case anyone didn't spot it, the URL to book at is: http://pyconuk.org/booking.html Michael John Pinner wrote: Hi, We confirmed the Unconference - http:///pyconuk.org <http://pyconuk.org> - a couple of weeks ago and announced it on the pyconuk and python-uk lists. Regret

Re: [python-uk] [pyconuk] Proposed PyCon UK UnConference, 5th September

2009-08-11 Thread Michael Sparks
because it's been arranged for the one weekend I find really awkward being the same weekend as my daughter's birthday), I'll arrange a pycamp later in the year. Regards, Michael. -- http://yeoldeclue.com/blog http://twitter.com/kamaelian http://www.kamaelia.org/Home _

Re: [python-uk] [ANN] August London Pyssup

2009-08-14 Thread Michael Foord
e: The George[1] (opposite and along from last month's venue). If you have any Python-curious py-curious? I like it :-) Michael friends or colleagues, bring them along too. Get there whenever you like, me and Stephen will battle London traffic and try and get there as close to 7pm as possible

Re: [python-uk] pyconuk

2009-09-02 Thread Michael Sparks
rce sounds like it can't work either, and yet it does :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology http://tinyurl.com/bzo53n (pictures rather than description) Other than that, have fun :-) Michael. -- http://yeoldeclue.com/blog http://twitter.com/kamaelian http://www.kamaelia.org/Home ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk

[python-uk] REMINDER: PyCon 2010: Call for Proposals]

2009-09-04 Thread Michael Foord
Call for proposals -- PyCon 2010 -- === Due date: October 1st, 2009 Want to showcase your skills as a Python Hacker? Want to have hundreds of people see your talk on the subject of your choice? Have some hot

Re: [python-uk] London Python Dojo - 17 September 2009

2009-09-08 Thread Michael Foord
Nicholas Tollervey wrote: For those who might not be aware of what a coding dojo is, I've written up a short blog post explaining what we'll be up to. Link to the blog post? Michael It'd be good to see you there. Nicholas. On 29 Aug 2009, at 11:34, Bruce Durling wrote:

[python-uk] Restarting Python North West - 24th Sept 2009, 6pm

2009-09-14 Thread Michael Sparks
nth, maybe alternating between technical meets and social ones. (topic for discussion perhaps?) Please forward this to anyone you think may be interested! See you there! Michael -- http://yeoldeclue.com/blog http://twitter.com/kamaelian http://www.kamaelia.org/Home __

[python-uk] REMINDER: Restarting Python North West Tonight, 6pm Rain Bar Manchester

2009-09-24 Thread Michael Sparks
al meets and social ones. (topic for discussion perhaps?) Please forward this to anyone you think may be interested! See you there! Michael -- http://yeoldeclue.com/blog http://twitter.com/kamaelian http://www.kamaelia.org/Home ___ python-uk mailing

Re: [python-uk] 2nd London Python Dojo - 18:30 15 October 2009 at Fry-IT

2009-09-28 Thread Michael Foord
sounds like a great idea. Michael As always, comments, suggestions, feedback and ideas most welcome. Best wishes, Nicholas. On 27 Sep 2009, at 22:29, Paul Nasrat wrote: 2009/9/24 Bruce Durling : We all enjoyed the last dojo so much we decided to have another one. Fry-IT are hosting again.

Re: [python-uk] 2nd London Python Dojo - 18:30 15 October 2009 at Fry-IT

2009-09-28 Thread Michael Foord
v computer, or computer v computer games (by entering "number of players: zero" ;-) ) I think we should start simple. We can always expand the spec if we complete the task... (highly unlikely in my opinion) Michael _

Re: [python-uk] 2nd London Python Dojo - 18:30 15 October 2009 at Fry-IT

2009-10-06 Thread Michael Foord
r the Dojo. Michael As always, comments, suggestions and good ideas are most welcome. Nicholas. On 6 Oct 2009, at 17:26, Paul Nasrat wrote: 2009/10/6 Nicholas Tollervey : Hello Pythonistas, Just a quick reminder that the second London Python Code Dojo will be taking place 6:30pm next Thursday, 15

[python-uk] Northampton Geek Meet - October 21st, 7pm

2009-10-08 Thread Michael Foord
ion on location. All the best, Michael Foord -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk

Re: [python-uk] Reminder: London Python Code Dojo Tomorrow

2009-10-16 Thread Michael Foord
the first Thursday of the month sounds fine. Many thanks to Marcus and Fry-IT for their venue, beer and pizza! Much appreciated. Michael Foord As always, comments and suggestions welcome, Nicholas. On 14 Oct 2009, at 09:29, Nicholas Tollervey wrote: Hi, A quick reminder that the sec

[python-uk] Northampton Geek Meet - Wednesday 7.30pm King Billy Pub

2009-10-18 Thread Michael Foord
ecked there are no bands playing. See you there. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?fb=1&gl=uk&hq=king+billy+pub&hnear=northampton&cid=18118288521489232767 http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/73/7321/King_Billy/Northampton All the best, Michael Foord -- http://www.ironpyt

Re: [python-uk] Google Wave

2009-10-18 Thread Michael Foord
Bruce Durling wrote: Any pythonistas here on Google Wave? I'm in. Apparently my address is: fuzzyman AT googlewave DOT com Michael I don't have invites, but it would be good to find other people. Not much use without collaborators. che

Re: [python-uk] Google Wave

2009-10-19 Thread Michael Foord
er article with some pretty compelling use cases for wave: http://lifehacker.com/5381219/google-waves-best-use-cases All the best, Michael Have you guys read Greg Conti's book Googling Security? You should. Best wishes, John -- (You wants to stop using gmail because of privacy implicati

Re: [python-uk] Northampton Geek Meet - Wednesday 7.30pm King Billy Pub

2009-10-21 Thread Michael Foord
And if you're in Northampton tonight rather than London don't forget the Geek Meet. Details below (and next time I'll try to make sure it doesn't clash with the Pyssup): 2009/10/18 Michael Foord > Hello all, > > The Northampton Geek Meet is this Wednesday at 7.3

Re: [python-uk] Reminder: London Python Code Dojo Tomorrow

2009-10-27 Thread Michael Foord
Nicholas Tollervey wrote: I can't do Wednesdays (I'm playing in an orchestra). Tuesday/Thursday alternations are good for me. Well, I can't do Tuesdays. :-) Michael Nicholas. On 27 Oct 2009, at 09:37, Bruce Durling wrote: 2009/10/27 Nicholas Tollervey : Well, we coul

[python-uk] Northampton Geek Meet: Thursday November 26th

2009-11-19 Thread Michael Foord
Hello all, The second episode of the Northampton geek meet is on Thursday November 26th. All welcome (even if you're not from Northampton but just interested in technology or good beer and conversation). We start around 7.30pm. You can read a little bit about the previous one here: http://

[python-uk] Northants Geek Meet, Christmas Curry: Friday December 18th

2009-12-06 Thread Michael Foord
beforehand for drinks, I'll post details here. All the best, Michael Foord -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/blog ___ python-uk mailing list python-uk@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk

Re: [python-uk] Code Dojo - yesterday and next year...

2009-12-11 Thread Michael Foord
November 2nd December Public google calendar? (Yes I'm lazy, it would save me entering them all myself...) Michael * As promised, I've created a wiki (PBWiki - it's free and feature-ful) where we can organise future talks. It's publicly readable and you'll n

[python-uk] Northants Geek Meet Tomorrow

2009-12-17 Thread Michael Foord
in touch quick! Pub: http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/19/19044/Sir_Pickering_Phipps/Northampton Curry: http://tweetvite.com/event/nc6r All the best, Michael -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/blog ___ python-

[python-uk] Northants Geek Meet, 11th March (this Thursday) 7:30pm, Malt Shovel Pub

2010-03-08 Thread Michael Foord
t for announcements. http://twitter.com/northantsgeeks All the best, Michael Foord -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/blog READ CAREFULLY. By accepting and reading this email you agree, on behalf of your employer, to release me from all obligations and waivers ar

[python-uk] Northants Geek Meet, 11th March (this Thursday) 7:30pm, Malt Shovel Pub

2010-03-08 Thread Michael Foord
t for announcements. http://twitter.com/northantsgeeks All the best, Michael Foord -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/blog READ CAREFULLY. By accepting and reading this email you agree, on behalf of your employer, to release me from all obligations and waivers ar

Re: [python-uk] emacs and python and emacs-starter-kit

2010-03-17 Thread Michael Sparks
On Wednesday 17 March 2010 14:30:01 Andy Kilner wrote: > You'll both be at the pyssup tonight so you can go and form a little > emacs corner somewhere the cellar maybe? Surely you're not suggesting putting all the emacs users in a deep dark hole in the ground, are you

Re: [python-uk] emacs and python and emacs-starter-kit

2010-03-17 Thread Michael Foord
On 17/03/2010 14:44, Michael Sparks wrote: On Wednesday 17 March 2010 14:30:01 Andy Kilner wrote: You'll both be at the pyssup tonight so you can go and form a little emacs corner somewhere the cellar maybe? Surely you're not suggesting putting all the emacs users in a

[python-uk] Northants Geek Meet, 29th April 7:30pm, Malt Shovel Pub Northampton

2010-03-29 Thread Michael Foord
witter for announcements. http://twitter.com/northantsgeeks <http://twitter.com/northantsgeeks> All the best, Michael Foord -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/blog READ CAREFULLY. By accepting and reading this email you agree, on behalf of your employer, t

[python-uk] Northampton Geek Meet - tonight

2010-05-27 Thread Michael Foord
: http://www.maltshoveltavern.com/ All the best, Michael Foord -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/blog READ CAREFULLY. By accepting and reading this email you agree, on behalf of your employer, to release me from all obligations and waivers arising from any and all

[python-uk] Northampton Geek Meet - tonight

2010-05-27 Thread Michael Foord
: http://www.maltshoveltavern.com/ All the best, Michael Foord -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/blog READ CAREFULLY. By accepting and reading this email you agree, on behalf of your employer, to release me from all obligations and waivers arising from any and all

[python-uk] Northants Geek Meet, June 17th 7.30pm Malt Shovel Pub Northampton

2010-06-07 Thread Michael Foord
Hello all, The next Northants Geek Meet is on June 17th (Thursday) at the usual time and place; 7.30pm Malt Shovel pub Northampton. All the best, Michael -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/blog READ CAREFULLY. By accepting and reading this email you agree

[python-uk] Northants Geek Mailing List

2010-06-18 Thread Michael Foord
Hello all, For those of you who don't use twitter there is now a mailing list for the Northants Geek Meet. Announcements will be posted there, along with possible discussion about meeting dates etc: http://groups.google.com/group/northantsgeeks All the best, Michael Foord --

Re: [python-uk] Northants Geek Mailing List

2010-06-18 Thread Michael Foord
On 18 June 2010 17:17, Michael Foord wrote: > Hello all, > > For those of you who don't use twitter there is now a mailing list for the > Northants Geek Meet. Announcements will be posted there, along with possible > discussion about meeting dates etc: > > http

[python-uk] Next Northants Geeks Meetup: Thursday 15th July, BBQ Abington Park

2010-07-08 Thread Michael Foord
re 6pm - so check the twitter account (url in the signature of this email) before leaving. Feel free to phone me if you need to check. All the best, Michael Foord -- https://twitter.com/northantsgeeks http://groups.google.com/group/northantsgeeks 07731 383732

Re: [python-uk] Next Northants Geeks Meetup: Thursday 15th July, BBQ Abington Park

2010-07-15 Thread Michael Foord
On 8 July 2010 13:47, Michael Foord wrote: > Hello all, > > The next exciting installment of the Northants Geek Meet is nearly upon us. > We're having a barbecue on July 15th at Abington Park, starting at 7.30pm. > Hello all (again), Due to the inclemency of the great br

Re: [python-uk] Python UK user groups / website / coordination

2010-08-02 Thread Michael Foord
ration is the way to go before actually doing anything (IMHO) ;-) Some kind of organisation - like deciding who will maintain the calendar and twitter lists. To be honest a Pinax site seems like overkill, but if people with spare energy are *volunteering* to do the work then that is great.

Re: [python-uk] Python UK user groups / website / coordination

2010-08-03 Thread Michael Foord
x than just a wiki, a calendar and some doodles. A fantastic long term goal though. * The PSF might be persuaded to contribute some money for stuff. Almost certainly. All the best, Michael * We should try to make better use of the python-uk mailing list (hence this message) :-) We all

[python-uk] Thursday August 12th meetup at the Malt Shovel pub, Northampton

2010-08-11 Thread Michael Foord
Hey all, Sorry for the late notice. The next meetup will be at the Malt Shovel Pub, 7.30pm on August 12th (tomorrow!). All the best, Michael -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/blog READ CAREFULLY. By accepting and reading this email you agree, on behalf of

[python-uk] Northants Geeks: curry night and pub meet

2010-09-08 Thread Michael Foord
September 16th. If you want to come let me know as we have booked places. We're saying goodbye to @brutasse, a Northants Geeks regular who is going back to France. http://twitter.com/northantsgeeks http://groups.google.com/group/northantsgeeks All the best, Michael Foord --

[python-uk] Northants Geeks: curry night and pub meet

2010-09-08 Thread Michael Foord
September 16th. If you want to come let me know as we have booked places. We're saying goodbye to @brutasse, a Northants Geeks regular who is going back to France. http://twitter.com/northantsgeeks http://groups.google.com/group/northantsgeeks All the best, Michael Foord --

[python-uk] Northants Geeks Meetup, Thursday 21st October

2010-10-17 Thread Michael Foord
Hello all, The next Northants Geeks meetup is on Thursday 21st October at 7:30pm at the Malt Shovel pub Northampton. All the best, Michael Foord -- http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ READ CAREFULLY. By accepting and reading this email you agree, on behalf of your employer, to release me from

[python-uk] Senior Python Experts/Hackers needed for Global Financial Powerhouse

2010-11-04 Thread Michael Czirjak
, PHD in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics from a top-tier University with a high GPA is required Full relocation and H1-B Transfers will be provided for those that qualify. NYC or LONDON Location - $150k-$400k Total If you are interested & qualified, please contact Michael Czirja

[python-uk] Northants Geeks Meetup: Thursday November 11th

2010-11-09 Thread Michael Foord
Hello all, Just a quick reminder. The latest exciting instalment of Northants Geeks is this Thursday evening at the Malt Shovel pub [1] in Northampton at 7:30pm. Hopefully see you there! All the best, Michael Foord [1] http://www.maltshoveltavern.com/ -- http://www.voidspace.org.uk

[python-uk] Northants Geeks December Meetups: 9th and 16th

2010-12-05 Thread Michael Foord
on the 9th then just turn up! If you want to come to the curry evening then let me know so that I can book spaces. All the best, Michael -- http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ READ CAREFULLY. By accepting and reading this email you agree, on behalf of your employer, to release me from all obligati

Re: [python-uk] London Python Roles

2010-12-15 Thread Michael Grazebrook
I work in the financial sector. Python is definately increasing. Some systems are being written in Python, but that's not its main use. Certainly not for calculations and financial models, where they normally have to be very fast. It's popular as a repacement for Perl, for example in batch au

Re: [python-uk] Tell us what you did with Python this year....

2010-12-20 Thread Michael Grazebrook
milling machine's g-code language. At the moment the code is in an archaic Basic dialect. Is that sort of thing interesting to you? yours, Michael Grazebrook On 20/12/2010 14:43, pyt...@rotwang.co.uk wrote: Controlling a 2 axis mirror array to concentrate solar energy. Generating CAD

Re: [python-uk] Tell us what you did with Python this year....

2010-12-21 Thread Michael Foord
uroPython 2011. The EuroPython 2011 location is fantastic, so hopefully see you all there! All the best, Michael Foord -- http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ May you do good and not evil May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others May you share freely, never taking more than you giv

Re: [python-uk] Tell us what you did with Python this year....

2010-12-21 Thread Michael Foord
On 21 December 2010 14:56, Jonathan Hartley wrote: > On 21/12/2010 14:45, Michael Foord wrote: > >> my favourites being contextlib.ContextDecorator >> > > I didn't know that had your fingerprints on it! Nice one - I love this and > use it all the time. > > I

Re: [python-uk] Tell us what you did with Python this year....

2010-12-21 Thread Michael Foord
> bottleneck went elsewhere. The whole process is as ill-thought as ever, > but I'm no longer stressed, and they haven't had to replace the members of > the team who left the company, effectively downsizing it from five to two > people. > Yay for Python replacing people.

Re: [python-uk] Tell us what you did with Python this year....

2010-12-22 Thread Michael Foord
On 21/12/2010 18:28, Floris Bruynooghe wrote: On 21 December 2010 18:09, Michael Foord wrote: On 21 December 2010 14:56, Jonathan Hartley wrote: On 21/12/2010 14:45, Michael Foord wrote: my favourites being contextlib.ContextDecorator I didn't know that had your fingerprints on it!

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