Author archives: Mike
Ah, back to the world of Mikey (Looking back at the week of PyCon...)
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Well, I appear to have arrived back in Toronto. Last day of the conference was nice enough, though I wish the Google keynote had a bit more detail. Got to sit next to a very beautiful woman through it, so I suppose I can't complain too much ;) . As a note on the talk, ...
PyCon presentation (So the magic isn't lost...)
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I've just posted my PyCon presentation slides Descriptors: From functional wart to decorator madness via properties. Enjoy all.
Laptops that melt and other PyCon trivia (Very pleasant evening eating and hacking once the presentation was done...)
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Went to the business dinner last night, as one of the two VexTech delegates. Was a very pleasant evening, big gathering as normal. After it was done (around 10:00) D'Arcy and I wandered over to the conference centre again to look for people with whom to talk.
Wound up spending the evening hacking on a ...
Ah, the grand and glorious day dawns (Suppose I could go down for the keynote...)
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Kept waking up last night thinking of things that I'd like to tweak in the presentation. Going to do that now. Guido's keynote is in one minute... think I'll wind up skipping it.
I'm told Alex has been packing them in, so I can only assume that I'll ride his coat-tails to having far more ...
Hmm, who do I think I am? (Finally she gets the styles changed...)
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Natasha finally got the colours switched for her blog. Apparently she's going for a deep and introspective feel to the text. Number 9 is kinda sad for me. 19 is something I think I have a handle on. 20 is something that she should talk to Shane about (he was the one who was ...
PyCon 2005 kicks off... (Like there aren't already 300 reports of its birth)
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We wound up taking a few detours on the way down yesterday, so about 12.5 hours on the road. The hotel was rather less well appointed than we'd been hoping for $198/night, for instance, no internet access available.
Did my session of watching the front desk this morning, and managed to miss all of the ...
Figuring out the PyCon schedule (When exactly do I present?)
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I've not actually sat down yet to figure out to which talks I want to go. Guess I'll do that now (even though I'm not quite packed yet):
Keynote Python on the .NET Platform 9:30 Wed
Developing Responsive GUI Applications Using HTML and HTTP 2:30 Wed
Intuition and Python Programming - the Python Visual Sandbox ...
That was the sound of a day popping! (All gone...)
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The meeting didn't go all day, but pretty close. After that I wound up spending an hour writing up notes from it for everyone involved.
Now on to the PyCon packing... but wait... a client has decided to move a fairly large, largely un-tested new project live because there was a snafu somewhere and they ...
Presentation is in good shape (Most of today's notes integrated, flow working fairly well, length could use some work...)
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Spent the bulk of the day (when not on the phone with Natasha or attending a relative's dedication ceremony) working on the presentation. I'm pretty much satisfied with the current state, not because it's perfect but because I could stand up with it today and do a decent presentation, everything from here on out is ...
Phonecalls can lead to blogging (New blog for an old and dear friend...)
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Called Natasha this evening to wish her a happy 12th anniversary of our meeting. Spent much of the time discussing LavaLife and similar dating sites. Also discussed her attempts to blog on the free sites (I think it was MovableType in particular (they are trying to up-sell you on a paid account by limiting your ...
Mike C. Fletcher, the VRPlumber, is a philosopher of design turned computer programmer based in Toronto, Canada. He works primarily in the Python programming language, and maintains a large number of Open Source software packages. You can reach him at: mcfletch@vrplumber.com.