So I’m still getting past the neophyte stage with Python. The good news is that every time I need to apply some programming principle to something I’m doing in Python, it’s really very easy. Heck, I practically fell accidentally into OO programming on one of my Python projects, and everything else has been a dream…
Category: Python
Regular Expressions with Python’s “re” Module
If you’re moving over from PHP, Perl, Ruby or something similar, don’t be intimidated by all the Python regular expression documentation. It doesn’t really have to be complicated or even all that much different from Perl (though it can be, if you want to go there). Here’s a search and replace I ripped out of…
Freebase: Your database is ready!
This is going to be really frickin’ cool. There’s just no other way to put it. Maybe I’m a little too much of a data geek, because I can’t seem to sit still since receiving my email letting me know that Freebase is now in alpha, and the account I requested months ago can now…
Quick CVS Cheat Sheet
Actually, I’d love to say that I’ve moved completely to using git instead of CVS, but the truth of the matter is that, for a recent project where I’m just trying to consolidate a whole bunch of admin scripts, organize them under one (managed) roof, and (most importantly) get a bunch of admins on board…
Google Calendar Syncing
So, I’m kinda tired of trying to find a solution to this. What I want is a non-commercial, freely available application (NOT service) that will sync bidirectionally between Google Calendar and Apple iCal, Evolution, and whatever Mozilla calls its calendar today (Sunbird?). I’ve used Spanning Sync, which worked well enough, but I never liked that…
Code Editor Goodness: Komodo Editor
Geez…. for a sysadmin I sure seem to write a lot of code. In the past year I’ve written an assignment type for Moodle in PHP, cobbled together an API in Perl to manage various LDAP resources, and I’ve just completed a prototype for an XML-RPC server that will be an interface to our data…