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From the future, import recipes 19 Mar 2013 | 05:52 pm
As many of you know, Brian Jones and I have been hard at work on the Python Cookbook, 3rd edition. If you haven't been following us, you might not know that the book is actually finished and in final ...
Build a Robot Army! 31 Jan 2013 | 06:30 am
So, I was recently at an event where some students from Chicago's Northside College Prep High School showed up to demo some of their robots and to talk about their upcoming participation in the upcomi...
If you remove the GIL, will it leave a GIL-shaped hole? 5 Jul 2012 | 05:15 am
So, I recently assembled a Shapeoko CNC machine and was deciding what do with it for a first test run. Naturally, writing a Python 3 script to literally remove the "GIL" from a board came to mind. He...
PyCon 2012 Followup 14 Mar 2012 | 04:07 am
Well, PyCon 2012 has come and gone. It was fantastic to see everyone and to learn new things. For me, I think the big takeaway from the conference was all of the activity surrounding scientific comput...
Python Concurrency Workshop (March 19-22, 2012) 22 Feb 2012 | 02:39 am
So, you couldn't get into PyCon? Or, PyCon isn't enough and you need even more Python than that? Or, you simply want to escape all of your coworkers for a fun week of intense coding? Then, you might w...
Understanding RPython 3 Feb 2012 | 04:50 am
Lately, I've been trying to wrap my brains around how the PyPy translation toolchain works--in preparation for my PyCon plenary talk. I'd planned to do some blogging about it, but have become suddenly...
Drunk Tweeting in Chicago 1 Feb 2012 | 03:10 am
Lately, I've been messing around with the requests and regex libraries for Python. They are awesome. So, without any further explanation, I present this short script that uses both in an attempt to id...
The Compiler Experiment Begins 4 Jan 2012 | 03:22 am
January 13, 2012 Update: There are still a few seats left in the compilers class for January 17-20, 2012. More details here. In the spring of 1995, I took a course on compiler design. At the time, I ...
Python Courses for 2012 22 Dec 2011 | 06:13 pm
I'm excited to announce my new Python training courses for the first part 2012. These are intense hands-on classes that are strictly limited to 6 attendees. Unlike an online course, you'll get to esca...
Three Python Courses for Fall 19 Sep 2011 | 03:27 pm
As the leaves start to turn, I'm finally pleased to announce the dates for my fall Python courses in Chicago. Python Concurrency and Distributed Computing Workshop (Nov 1-4). The concurrency worksho...
