Mailman 3 November 2009 - python-uk

Re-schedule London Python Dojo: 10th December
by Nicholas Tollervey Nov. 24, 2009

Nov. 24, 2009

Folks, Since discovering the clash of dates between DJUGL and the Dojo Gareth, Paul, Matthew (who run DJUGL) and I have been attempting to turn the clash into something that could benefit both sides. We've agreed that in future announcements and coordination will take place here on the Python-UK mailing list. If you're on Twitter @londonpython will wake up occasionally when something is announced. To cut a long story short, the simplest thing to do is to re-schedule the Dojo to Thursday 10th December. All other details remain the same (see bottom of email for more information). DJUGL is a large event (currently 60+ attendees) and follows the regular "speakers speak and then answer questions" format. They also have free pizza too. I'd encourage anyone interested in Python/Django to attend - I'm definitely going. Their event page is here: http://londonpython.eventwax.com/djugl-december The Dojo is relatively small (usually around 20 attendees, 30 max) and involves lots of audience interaction, spontaneous discussion/argument erupting, live coding and pair programming. Free pizza and beer from 6:30 with talks and demos kicking off at around 7:30. Participants have an opportunity to win "Programming Collective Intelligence" by Toby Segaran (examples are in Python). Sign up here: http://ldnpydojo.eventwax.com/4th-london-python-dojo--meetup As always, feedback, comments and good ideas most welcome. See you at both events, Nicholas. When: Thursday 10th December 6:30pm Where: Fry-IT Limited 503 Enterprise House 1/2 Hatfields London SE1 9PG Nearest Tubes: Waterloo Southwark Telephone: 0207 0968800 Google Map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1%2F2+Hatfiel…

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Announcing the 4th London Code Dojo: Thursday 3rd December
by Nicholas Tollervey Nov. 22, 2009

Nov. 22, 2009

Hi Folks, The subject says it all... First of all, apologies for those who can't make Thursdays. Unfortunately, Thursday 3rd December is the only evening all the current speakers can make. I'll endeavour to try and organise it on a different day next time. How did the last one go..? Tim has written up a blog post that spills the beans about our awesome tic-tac-toe playing AI: http://ramblings.timgolden.me.uk/2009/11/07/london-python-dojo-that-was-int… This time there is a difference: After a group discussion it was agreed that the next meetup should involve presentations, demos, talks, individual “code and tell” and other such activities. We already have five people who want to do something: • Dave Kirby – Ipython (an enhanced Python shell) • Carles Pina Estany – How to do a real time system with OpenOffice.org Impress and Python using pyuno to fetch values from Mysql • Ben Moran – Solving Sudoku with cvxopt • Peter Bengtsson – The Norvig spell checkor (sic) ;-) • Nicholas Tollervey – Dojo Future… lets agree something concrete We'd welcome further participants too… if you have a great idea for a talk, want to get something off your chest or show us something cool then volunteer ;-) As usual there will be free pizza and beer from 6:30 with talks and demos kicking off at around 7:30. Pub at the end. To sign up please visit: http://ldnpydojo.eventwax.com/4th-london-python-dojo--meetup (signing up helps us judge how much pizza/beer/whatever needs to be ordered). Comments and suggestions most welcome. See you there! Nicholas. When: Thursday 3rd December 6:30pm Where: Fry-IT Limited 503 Enterprise House 1/2 Hatfields London SE1 9PG Nearest Tubes: Waterloo Southwark Telephone: 0207 0968800 Google Map: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1%2F2+Hatfiel…

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Tomorrow: Next London Pyssup
by Stephen Emslie Nov. 20, 2009

Nov. 20, 2009

Just a quick reminder about the next pyssup: tomorrow from 7pm at the George pub (full details below). http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/72/728/George/Temple Its a good laugh and a good chance to catch up with what the Python community in London is up to. There are usually a fair number of non-python developers so feel free to join us even if you're just in the mood to share that geeky idea. Oh and did I mention /there's a beer festival/ ? Stephen Emslie & Andy Kilner ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andy Kilner <gnublade(a)googlemail.com> Date: Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:26 PM Subject: [python-uk] ANN: Next London Pyssup: Wednesday 18th Nov To: UK Python Users <python-uk(a)python.org> Next Wednesday is the 3rd Wednesday of the month so it's time for another London Python pub meet. Time: Wednesday 18th Nov, from 7pm Venue: The George[1] It's back to The George which will be hosting a beer festival that week. As usual, Python veterans, Py-curious, Perl rejects and Clojure wannabes all welcome. We'll display a can of spam or something suitably geeky so you can pick us out from the crowd. See you there, Andy Kilner & Stephen Emslie [1] http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/72/728/George/Temple _______________________________________________ python-uk mailing list python-uk(a)python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk

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Python/Django jobs - London
by alex＠Monarch Nov. 20, 2009

Nov. 20, 2009

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Northampton Geek Meet: Thursday November 26th
by Michael Foord Nov. 19, 2009

Nov. 19, 2009

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://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/arch_d7_2009_10_17.shtml#e1131 The chosen location is the King Billy pub, which has WiFi (via the Cloud) and a good selection of beer: The King Billy 2 Commercial St Northampton, NN1 1PJ 01604 621325 http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/place?fb=1&gl=uk&hq=king+billy+pub&hnear=nort… http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/73/7321/King_Billy/Northampton -- http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/ http://www.voidspace.org.uk/blog

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Next Cambridge & East Anglia Meeting: Tue 1st Dec 2009
by Tony Ibbs Nov. 17, 2009

Nov. 17, 2009

Summarising from the CamPUG Google Group: The Cambridge and East Anglia Python Users Group will be holding a Python Code Dojo on Tuesday 1st December. This will once again be hosted by RealVNC at their offices here: http://tinyurl.com/realvncoffices For those who have not come across them before, a Code Dojo is a "public collaborative coding with the aim of mutual learning based upon the premise that acquiring coding skill should be a continuous process". We're expecting it will be something in the manner of http://ramblings.timgolden.me.uk/2009/09/18/ , but we haven't tried one before, so we'll see how it goes. All are welcome. If you'd like to tell us you're coming, you can do so at http://campug-guestbook.appspot.com/. Hope to see you there. Meetings after that will be: * Tue 5th January 2010. This will be a pub meeting - come and tell people about what Pythonic gifts you got for Christmas, or share new year resolutions to use more unit testing, or whatever. * Tue 2nd February 2010 - another talks or similar meeting. Tibs

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ANN: Next London Pyssup: Wednesday 18th Nov
by Andy Kilner Nov. 12, 2009

Nov. 12, 2009

Next Wednesday is the 3rd Wednesday of the month so it's time for another London Python pub meet. Time: Wednesday 18th Nov, from 7pm Venue: The George[1] It's back to The George which will be hosting a beer festival that week. As usual, Python veterans, Py-curious, Perl rejects and Clojure wannabes all welcome. We'll display a can of spam or something suitably geeky so you can pick us out from the crowd. See you there, Andy Kilner & Stephen Emslie [1] http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/72/728/George/Temple

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Dojo mojo...
by Nicholas Tollervey Nov. 10, 2009

Nov. 10, 2009

Folks, Last night's meeting was another good one. Quite a few of us were not able to make it (bonfire night, concerts, work etc) but we still had plenty of people and I think those of us who made it had a good time. We actually got a working Tic-Tac-Toe game with a super intelligent AI player ;-). I'll post a link to the code once I've got Peter to git push it from his laptop (nudge Peter). During the Pizza and Beer part at the start of the evening many people expressed an interest in expanding the scope of the "Dojo" to also include other activities. I think the sentiment was that by mixing the type of activity at these evenings (public coding, lightning talks, show and tell etc) the meetings would remain interesting and "new". My personal impression of people's views was that there is a pent up desire for all these sorts of activities to take place in the Python community in London. As a result the following attendees volunteered their services for an evening of "show and tell": Dave - Ipython (an enhanced Python shell) Carles - OpenOffice and Python Ben - Solving Sudoku with NumPy Peter - The Norvig Spell Checker Me - ??? You - ??? Suggestions for some live programming. We all agreed that each talk should be time bound - perhaps something like the Ignite 20slides/15seconds/5mins rule (http://lesposen.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/ignite/ ) or perhaps we could agree a time-limit of 10 mins (as with the pair programming) followed by 5 mins of questions before the next speaker? Another point of discussion was the date for the next meeting. In the end we agreed to do a straw poll here with the following possible days: Tues 1st Dec, Wed 2nd Dec, Thurs 3rd Dec. Once we get a clear "winner" I (or Bruce - whoever gets there first) will put all this up on a new EventWax page. Fry-IT have agreed to let us use their offices and are prepared to provide the pizza/beer again. :-) As always, comments, suggestions, ideas and good ideas are *most* welcome. Best wishes, Nicholas.

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[OT] Extra Ticket to Birmingham from London
by Ciarán Mooney Nov. 6, 2009

Nov. 6, 2009

Hi, I made a mistake when booking a train ticket from London to Birmingham, and got it off by one day. I've had to buy another ticket (cheaper than changing the date on my original). So I now have one extra ticket for a train to Birmingham. Ticket details London Euston to Birmingham University (via New Street) **Young Persons Rail Card** Virgin Trains. Depart 20:23 Arrive 21:26 (New Street) The seat is reserved and it's standard class. £5 or nearest offer. (current price for one way is £9.25 from East Midlands Trains) If anyone ones it please contact me off list, and we can meet up near Euston Station and I'll give you the ticket.

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Reminder: Dojo tomorrow...
by Nicholas Tollervey Nov. 4, 2009

Nov. 4, 2009

Folks, Just a reminder that the London Python code dojo is tomorrow evening. Details here: http://ldnpydojo.eventwax.com/3rd-london-python-code-dojo See you there! Nicholas.

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