From miles.groman at gmail.com Mon Jan 4 17:09:15 2010 From: miles.groman at gmail.com (m g) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 11:09:15 -0500 Subject: [CentralOH] Next meeting Message-ID: Is it the 25th of this month? From eric at intellovations.com Mon Jan 4 17:12:11 2010 From: eric at intellovations.com (Eric Floehr) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 11:12:11 -0500 Subject: [CentralOH] Next meeting In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <34f468871001040812g13dc29a7k4ea9eb00a49e8e07@mail.gmail.com> Yes, and I need to create a meetup, don't I! Thanks! -Eric On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 11:09 AM, m g wrote: > Is it the 25th of this month? > _______________________________________________ > CentralOH mailing list > CentralOH at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/centraloh > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From miles.groman at gmail.com Mon Jan 4 18:36:20 2010 From: miles.groman at gmail.com (m g) Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 12:36:20 -0500 Subject: [CentralOH] Next meeting In-Reply-To: <34f468871001040812g13dc29a7k4ea9eb00a49e8e07@mail.gmail.com> References: <34f468871001040812g13dc29a7k4ea9eb00a49e8e07@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Sweet, thanks. I remember you saying that the meeting will typically happen the last Monday of every month. I was unsure because, as you mentioned, there was no meetup created yet. See you guys on the 25th! On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Eric Floehr wrote: > Yes, and I need to create a meetup, don't I! > > Thanks! > -Eric > > > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 11:09 AM, m g wrote: >> >> Is it the 25th of this month? >> _______________________________________________ >> CentralOH mailing list >> CentralOH at python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/centraloh > > From eric at intellovations.com Tue Jan 5 16:57:24 2010 From: eric at intellovations.com (Eric Floehr) Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 10:57:24 -0500 Subject: [CentralOH] New Meeting: Central Ohio Python Users Group January Meeting In-Reply-To: <1570348191.1262706650602.JavaMail.nobody@james1> References: <1570348191.1262706650602.JavaMail.nobody@james1> Message-ID: <34f468871001050757k3cf34ffcld2079bc10a7cbd34@mail.gmail.com> Happy New Year everyone! Hope to see you all at the Python Users Group January 25! What: Central Ohio Python Users Group January Meeting When: January 25, 2010 6:30 PM Where: TechColumbus 1275 Kinnear Rd Columbus, OH 43212 You know Python, or at least you're aware of it (that's why you're looking at attending the meeting, yes?) It's not uncommon to connect to a database using Python, but did you know it's possible for your database itself to use Python? PostgreSQL has the ability to write functions and procedures in PL/Python, which can use Python to both work with data inside your database, and bring in information from the outside world. Josh Williams will be leading a tutorial-format demonstration designed to show you how to get up and running on PL/Python, and some of the cool things you can accomplish using it. In addition to Josh, we will also have two break-out sessions: developing the cohpy.org website and Learning More About Python. Pop and snacks will be provided by Intellovations. We also have a stack of O'Reilly provided Python books in our library that can be checked out. See you there! -Eric Learn more here: http://www.meetup.com/Central-Ohio-Python-Users-Group/calendar/12219624/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From catherine.devlin at gmail.com Tue Jan 5 16:57:54 2010 From: catherine.devlin at gmail.com (Catherine Devlin) Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 10:57:54 -0500 Subject: [CentralOH] PyCon early-bird ends TOMORROW (Jan 6) Message-ID: <6523e39a1001050757h5710505awdbc988f66d0b50f8@mail.gmail.com> Hey, folks... tomorrow is the last day for PyCon early-bird rates ($450, or $300 if you're paying out-of-pocket, or $200 students). I looooove PyCon and highly recommend it to everybody. Atlanta's a quick nonstop flight from Ohio; catch it now before it migrates off to the West Coast. 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The podcast is at http://www.hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?showID=212 From nick.albright at gmail.com Tue Jan 26 19:27:51 2010 From: nick.albright at gmail.com (Nick Albright) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:27:51 -0500 Subject: [CentralOH] Website! Message-ID: <7ec143011001261027h3364cef8gddf0839bf41e6872@mail.gmail.com> Heya Guys! So Scott and I were talking at yesterday's meeting about the website and he had a great idea getting together sometime to work on it. = ) So is there anyone else who may be interested in joining? (And if so, what are good/bad days/times). In addition to the coding for the site, we also have a look to work on, and a design to work on. For the coding side of things, this would be a great time to get up on how to setup on everything. If anyone else is interested, please email me directly! Thanks! -Nick -- Please note that as of 1/20 I no longer have a land phone line, only my cell. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From yanovich at cse.ohio-state.edu Tue Jan 26 20:00:41 2010 From: yanovich at cse.ohio-state.edu (Michael S. Yanovich) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:00:41 -0500 Subject: [CentralOH] Website! In-Reply-To: <7ec143011001261027h3364cef8gddf0839bf41e6872@mail.gmail.com> References: <7ec143011001261027h3364cef8gddf0839bf41e6872@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4B5F3BD9.8040104@cse.ohio-state.edu> I would definitely love to help out with the website. I would be available only on the weekends. (Anytime during the weekend is good for me). Also, maybe an idea for the people who would want to help out but can't make a meeting location; how about making a github of the site (especially if it'll be static, at first) so people can contribute to it. This might be overkill for a simple (or powerful) website but it's just a suggestion. Michael S. Yanovich On 01/26/2010 01:27 PM, Nick Albright wrote: > Heya Guys! > > So Scott and I were talking at yesterday's meeting about the website > and he had a great idea getting together sometime to work on it. = ) > So is there anyone else who may be interested in joining? (And if > so, what are good/bad days/times). In addition to the coding for the > site, we also have a look to work on, and a design to work on. For > the coding side of things, this would be a great time to get up on how > to setup on everything. > > If anyone else is interested, please email me directly! Thanks! > -Nick > > -- > Please note that as of 1/20 I no longer have a land phone line, only > my cell. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentralOH mailing list > CentralOH at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/centraloh > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 5162 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: From nick.albright at gmail.com Wed Jan 27 05:52:58 2010 From: nick.albright at gmail.com (Nick Albright) Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:52:58 -0500 Subject: [CentralOH] Website! In-Reply-To: <4B5F3BD9.8040104@cse.ohio-state.edu> References: <7ec143011001261027h3364cef8gddf0839bf41e6872@mail.gmail.com> <4B5F3BD9.8040104@cse.ohio-state.edu> Message-ID: <7ec143011001262052k56e18e93yed2b5844a46a80c9@mail.gmail.com> Excellent Michael! Weekends should be easy enough, anyone else care to join? We actually have a bit bucket site setup, you can get the directions here: http://bitbucket.org/cohpy/cohpy/wiki/Home Lemme know if you have any Qs! -Nick On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Michael S. Yanovich < yanovich at cse.ohio-state.edu> wrote: > I would definitely love to help out with the website. I would be available > only on the weekends. (Anytime during the weekend is good for me). Also, > maybe an idea for the people who would want to help out but can't make a > meeting location; how about making a github of the site (especially if it'll > be static, at first) so people can contribute to it. This might be overkill > for a simple (or powerful) website but it's just a suggestion. > > Michael S. Yanovich > > > On 01/26/2010 01:27 PM, Nick Albright wrote: > > Heya Guys! > > So Scott and I were talking at yesterday's meeting about the website and > he had a great idea getting together sometime to work on it. = ) So is > there anyone else who may be interested in joining? (And if so, what are > good/bad days/times). In addition to the coding for the site, we also have > a look to work on, and a design to work on. For the coding side of things, > this would be a great time to get up on how to setup on everything. > > If anyone else is interested, please email me directly! Thanks! > -Nick > > -- > Please note that as of 1/20 I no longer have a land phone line, only my > cell. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentralOH mailing listCentralOH at python.orghttp://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/centraloh > > > _______________________________________________ > CentralOH mailing list > CentralOH at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/centraloh > > -- Please note that as of 1/20 I no longer have a land phone line, only my cell. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From miles.groman at gmail.com Wed Jan 27 19:29:34 2010 From: miles.groman at gmail.com (m g) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:29:34 -0500 Subject: [CentralOH] Website! In-Reply-To: <7ec143011001262052k56e18e93yed2b5844a46a80c9@mail.gmail.com> References: <7ec143011001261027h3364cef8gddf0839bf41e6872@mail.gmail.com> <4B5F3BD9.8040104@cse.ohio-state.edu> <7ec143011001262052k56e18e93yed2b5844a46a80c9@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: http://bitbucket.org/cohpy/cohpy/src/a27ba07c2aef/project-cohpy/cohpy/events/models.py#cl-9 long/lat would be cool. From nick.albright at gmail.com Wed Jan 27 20:28:05 2010 From: nick.albright at gmail.com (Nick Albright) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:28:05 -0500 Subject: [CentralOH] Website! In-Reply-To: References: <7ec143011001261027h3364cef8gddf0839bf41e6872@mail.gmail.com> <4B5F3BD9.8040104@cse.ohio-state.edu> <7ec143011001262052k56e18e93yed2b5844a46a80c9@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <7ec143011001271128ybc79a04ia11d9d699a2bd310@mail.gmail.com> Part of me wants to think that int he map that is displayed on the site now, I actually get the long/lat info from google or something (Been too long!) so we could possibly store that. Assuming my vague memory is correct. = ) -NIck On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 1:29 PM, m g wrote: > > http://bitbucket.org/cohpy/cohpy/src/a27ba07c2aef/project-cohpy/cohpy/events/models.py#cl-9 > > long/lat would be cool. > -- Please note that as of 1/20 I no longer have a land phone line, only my cell. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ntwilcox at gmail.com Thu Jan 28 19:13:28 2010 From: ntwilcox at gmail.com (Tom Wilcox) Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:13:28 -0500 Subject: [CentralOH] Next meeting date? Message-ID: <1a2238a91001281013t2fbab9csa498fcb9494a36d0@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I was just wondering if anyone could tell me where I might find the date of the next meeting, as I didn't see it yet on the meetup page. Can I find it somewhere else online? Thanks, Tom W. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eric at intellovations.com Thu Jan 28 19:23:12 2010 From: eric at intellovations.com (Eric Floehr) Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:23:12 -0500 Subject: [CentralOH] Next meeting date? In-Reply-To: <1a2238a91001281013t2fbab9csa498fcb9494a36d0@mail.gmail.com> References: <1a2238a91001281013t2fbab9csa498fcb9494a36d0@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <34f468871001281023h1175288au53d6909648a914ee@mail.gmail.com> Tom, I'll be putting up February's meeting shortly...thanks for the reminder! In general, with the exception of November/December, our meetings are the last Monday of the month. Best Regards, Eric On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Tom Wilcox wrote: > Hi, > > I was just wondering if anyone could tell me where I might find the date of > the next meeting, as I didn't see it yet on the meetup page. Can I find it > somewhere else online? > > Thanks, > Tom W. > > _______________________________________________ > CentralOH mailing list > CentralOH at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/centraloh > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nick.albright at gmail.com Thu Jan 28 19:24:05 2010 From: nick.albright at gmail.com (Nick Albright) Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:24:05 -0500 Subject: [CentralOH] Next meeting date? In-Reply-To: <1a2238a91001281013t2fbab9csa498fcb9494a36d0@mail.gmail.com> References: <1a2238a91001281013t2fbab9csa498fcb9494a36d0@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <7ec143011001281024o68c8d976l941b3debf2b74eb7@mail.gmail.com> Hello Tom! I believe it is the last Monday of every month, which would make it Feb 22nd. = ) Peace, -Nick On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Tom Wilcox wrote: > Hi, > > I was just wondering if anyone could tell me where I might find the date of > the next meeting, as I didn't see it yet on the meetup page. Can I find it > somewhere else online? > > Thanks, > Tom W. > > _______________________________________________ > CentralOH mailing list > CentralOH at python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/centraloh > > -- Please note that as of 1/20 I no longer have a land phone line, only my cell. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From joshwilliams at ij.net Fri Jan 29 06:29:34 2010 From: joshwilliams at ij.net (Josh Williams) Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:29:34 -0500 Subject: [CentralOH] PL/Python slides Message-ID: <1264742974.3909.34.camel@minidragon> Hello Python People, The slides and code from the PL/Python presentation are up and available at: http://joshwilliams.name/plpython/ A couple additional comments & corrections that aren't up on there... PostgreSQL actually does support deferred triggers, so that actions performed outside the database can happen as close to the transaction commit as possible (and consequently don't happen if the transaction is rolled back.) See CREATE CONSTRAINT TRIGGER, which has been around with deferrable support since 8.2.[1] There's a couple caveats, though. Constraint triggers only support running as AFTER/FOR EACH ROW. This wouldn't be a big deal for a trigger that deletes files that have pointers removed (actually it'd probably be ideal for that) but for something like our hypothetical financial app we'd have to be careful and/or clever lest we risk sending redundant email on a multi-account update. Additionally the function should probably take as much care as possible to handle any errors itself, or at least avoid raising any to Postgres at all cost, since any other row triggers may have already been executed and had side effects that won't be rolled back. So I'd advise using this carefully and only when necessary, but even so it can be a powerful feature. Since there was some interest the Ohio PostgreSQL Users Group is up at http://pugs.postgresql.org/ohiopug though now that I look the mailing list[2] isn't clearly linked from there. Will need to fix that... - Josh [1]http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/interactive/sql-createconstraint.html [2]http://archives.postgresql.org/ohiopug/ From eric at intellovations.com Fri Jan 29 13:47:52 2010 From: eric at intellovations.com (Eric Floehr) Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:47:52 -0500 Subject: [CentralOH] Feb 22: Visualization with the The Visualization Toolkit and Python (COhPy) In-Reply-To: <34f468871001290445q6ec203c7ieed55ae6c6d14dee@mail.gmail.com> References: <34f468871001290445q6ec203c7ieed55ae6c6d14dee@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <34f468871001290447i6bdf6852yf9480ce7cbb73780@mail.gmail.com> What: Central Ohio Python Users Group February Meeting When: Monday, February 22, 2010 6:30 PM Where: TechColumbus 1275 Kinnear Rd Columbus, OH 43212 This meeting of the Central Ohio Python Users Group will feature a talk by Pete Carswell on using VTK and Python to visualize metal-surface fracturing. The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is an open-source, freely available software system for 3D computer graphics, image processing and visualization. VTK consists of a C++ class library and several interpreted interface layers including Tcl/Tk, Java, and Python. The toolkit is maintained/distributed by Kitware (http://www.vtk.org) , and offers support and consulting. The libraries support a wide variety of sophisticated visualization algorithms, including: scalar, vector, tensor, texture, and volumetric methods. Advanced modeling techniques included are implicit modeling, polygon reduction, mesh smoothing and Delaunay triangulation. VTK has a suite of 3D interaction widgets to create servicable interaction with the resulting images. VTK is cross-platform, running on Linux, Windows, and Macs. Pete Carswell will be giving a quick introduction to VTK, and will introduce a simulation, studying metal-surface fracturing using Voronoi Finite Element Methods. The study is being conducted by a research team at Ohio State University. He used Python and VTK to solve some complicated visualization problems. In addition to Pete, we will also have two break-out sessions: developing the cohpy.org website and Learning More About Python. Pop and snacks will be provided by Intellovations. We also have a stack of O'Reilly provided Python books in our library that can be checked out. See you there! Learn more here: http://www.meetup.com/Central-Ohio-Python-Users-Group/calendar/12416360/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From james at atlantixeng.com Sat Jan 30 18:51:01 2010 From: james at atlantixeng.com (James - Atlantix) Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:51:01 -0500 Subject: [CentralOH] VTK Presentation Message-ID: <003f01caa1d4$ca301d50$5e9057f0$@com> This presentation looks quite interesting. I will plan to be there. Some of my questions will include using VTK versus the Enthought tool suite as well as other tools. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eric at intellovations.com Sun Jan 31 20:05:02 2010 From: eric at intellovations.com (Eric Floehr) Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:05:02 -0500 Subject: [CentralOH] Free Python Book Message-ID: <34f468871001311105y334c1262m2a62ffa6052b71d4@mail.gmail.com> All, I wanted to share with you a free online book called "Invent Your Own Computer Games With Python", at: http://inventwithpython.com/chapters/ It is primarily a book about learning Python via programming simple games, but there are a few chapters on using PyGame to create graphical games with sound, etc. Overall it's a nice resource for those who want to learn Python in a fun setting. Best Regards, Eric -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: