Learning by documenting
25 Jun
While Barry Warsaw is learning by breaking, I'm learning by writing phpdoc documentation; 44056 lines of code in 128 classes I've never seen before. It's actually working remarkably well. As mentioned previously, the API documentation is rebuilt as I document - yay BuildBot.
More Europython Interviews
23 Jun
There are a a whole whack of Europython interviews up. Paul Everitt's Interview has a quotable quote:
It seems like Zope has done a dance with Twisted but still hasn't asked it out on a date.
CVS bliss is...
23 Jun
CVS bliss is CVSToys and BuildBot.
Today I set up buildbot to run phpdoc on a source tree from work whenever it is necessary to generate updated API documentation, using CVSToys to send notification mail and notify the buildbot. It particularly like how it learns how long the build will take. Next I'll hook up unit tests, and the bliss will be extended. Other python software involved so far is viewcvs to provide a web interface to the CVS tree.
Dynamic DNS with dhclient
18 Jun
Was tired of not being in DNS (NFS exports, apache complaining). This is what I needed in my /etc/dhclient.conf to talk to the Windows DHCP/DNS server:
send fqdn.fqdn "pike"; send fqdn.encoded off; send fqdn.server-update on; do-forward-updates on;
Third EuroPython interview
17 Jun
The latest in the series preceding EuroPython features Interview with Marc-Andre Lemburg of eGenix and the mx extensions for Python
First day at work
17 Jun
I'm a bit out of practise doing the starting at work thing, having not done it for over two years. Besides a minor crisis with my work hard drive, it's been good. The vibe is good, and the people seem very friendly. The work itself looks plentiful, and hopefully I'll start settling into it tomorrow.
barendjie gets a blog
17 Jun
Apparently I'm to blame for a day in the life of bje.
Starting anew
13 Jun
I got my new computer today. FreeBSD 5.1 is blazingly fast on it, and it took only a few minutes to have everything I need set up. I've really been impressed with FreeBSD and KDE lately, and also with what is to come from them. I also picked up my computer from new work to install, so that I don't have to waste time at work doing so. No points for guessing what I'm installing.
End of an era
13 Jun
Well, this was the last day at iTouch. It's been over two years, and it's been quite a ride. I've worked with some really great people, lived through numerous stressful deployments, visited the UK a few times, and watched people leave and projects cancelled. Also, last day with the work laptop and the work leased line. Helped clean Barry's flat and pack his car last night for his trip to Grahamstown. Barry's been with me since I started with iTouch - I can't imagine iTouch without him. However, tomorrow I'll start bouncing off the walls about the next era though.
Simple pyamazon example
10 Jun
Someone needed to work out the value of certain books that their company was thinking of selling. Some books had accurate buying price, but those were inflated by the higher dollar exchange rate back then or being impulse buys. So, I wrote this quick python script to use Amazon's "Web Services" get the list price, amazon price, and Amazon Marketplace new and used prices. You'll need Mark Pilgrim's
PyAmazon
and an Amazon developer key.