From lionface.lemonface at gmail.com  Sat Nov  3 10:50:44 2012
From: lionface.lemonface at gmail.com (Josh Johnson)
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 05:50:44 -0400
Subject: [TriZPUG] TriZPUG November 2012 Meeting: Topic TBA
In-Reply-To: <5090405C.1000903@unc.edu>
References: <5090405C.1000903@unc.edu>
Message-ID: <CANtzOFRFqqgnEdVMz754_FoHNiBPEXkksJhehtZLSoT1Zv3wQA@mail.gmail.com>

I'll do a presentation, since I'll be, like... right there... ;)

I've got a couple of presentations on deck:

1. Python tools and strategies for system administrators
2. Pyramid from 0 to something useful in [um.. 30?] minutes

3. What Is Quality Software? (less pythony, more general programming)
4. Persisting to XML and using XSLT is WAY better than anything you ever did.

I'm planning on talk #1 But I'm curious about your thoughts about the
other ones.

Thanks,
JJ

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Chris Calloway <cbc at unc.edu> wrote:
> This meeting is in a little over two weeks and I would really, really like
> it if someone would volunteer a feature talk ahead of time. In fact, I think
> we would all really, really like that. :)
>
> When: Thursday, November 15 at 7pm
>
> Where: WebAssign, NCSU Centennial Campus,
>        1791 Varsity Drive, Suite 200,
>        Raleigh
>
> To schedule around Thanksgiving, November's TriZPUG meeting is on the third
> instead of the fourth Thursday. To announce a talk for this meeting, send an
> email with your topic to the TriZPUG email list. Extemporaneous "lightning
> talks" of 5-10 minute duration are also welcome. Please join us at our first
> meeting at WebAssign and share your Python experiences. Plenty of free after
> hours parking will be available in the adjacent Centennial Campus decks. An
> after-meeting location for food and beverage will be decided at the meeting.
>
> BTW, the December meeting at Splatspace will also be on the third Thursday
> to schedule around yet another holiday. And we'd like a scheduled speaker
> for that meeting as well, if you are thinking ahead.
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc
> office: 3313 Venable Hall   phone: (919) 599-3530
> mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
> _______________________________________________
> TriZPUG mailing list
> TriZPUG at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
> http://trizpug.org is the Triangle Zope and Python Users Group

From magnus at yonderway.com  Sat Nov  3 10:55:28 2012
From: magnus at yonderway.com (Magnus)
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 05:55:28 -0400
Subject: [TriZPUG] TriZPUG November 2012 Meeting: Topic TBA
In-Reply-To: <CANtzOFRFqqgnEdVMz754_FoHNiBPEXkksJhehtZLSoT1Zv3wQA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <5090405C.1000903@unc.edu>
	<CANtzOFRFqqgnEdVMz754_FoHNiBPEXkksJhehtZLSoT1Zv3wQA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <682E976D-6AA6-4C14-BCE5-F4B4EBA6FA0F@yonderway.com>


On Nov 3, 2012, at 5:50 AM, Josh Johnson wrote:
> 
> 1. Python tools and strategies for system administrators

This.

From stevegambino at gmail.com  Sat Nov  3 13:58:40 2012
From: stevegambino at gmail.com (Steve Gambino)
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 08:58:40 -0400
Subject: [TriZPUG] TriZPUG November 2012 Meeting: Topic TBA
In-Reply-To: <CANtzOFRFqqgnEdVMz754_FoHNiBPEXkksJhehtZLSoT1Zv3wQA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <5090405C.1000903@unc.edu>
	<CANtzOFRFqqgnEdVMz754_FoHNiBPEXkksJhehtZLSoT1Zv3wQA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAEeiu_pK1bWiTSzKoqs7jcWgbT5adTg88=j8J31GKHoF=rsFcQ@mail.gmail.com>

+1   For #1 "Python tools and strategies for system administrators.

I'm interested  in 2, 3, 4 as well for future talks as well.

Thanks,
Steve G

On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Josh Johnson
<lionface.lemonface at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'll do a presentation, since I'll be, like... right there... ;)
>
> I've got a couple of presentations on deck:
>
> 1. Python tools and strategies for system administrators
> 2. Pyramid from 0 to something useful in [um.. 30?] minutes
>
> 3. What Is Quality Software? (less pythony, more general programming)
> 4. Persisting to XML and using XSLT is WAY better than anything you ever
> did.
>
> I'm planning on talk #1 But I'm curious about your thoughts about the
> other ones.
>
> Thanks,
> JJ
>
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Chris Calloway <cbc at unc.edu> wrote:
> > This meeting is in a little over two weeks and I would really, really
> like
> > it if someone would volunteer a feature talk ahead of time. In fact, I
> think
> > we would all really, really like that. :)
> >
> > When: Thursday, November 15 at 7pm
> >
> > Where: WebAssign, NCSU Centennial Campus,
> >        1791 Varsity Drive, Suite 200,
> >        Raleigh
> >
> > To schedule around Thanksgiving, November's TriZPUG meeting is on the
> third
> > instead of the fourth Thursday. To announce a talk for this meeting,
> send an
> > email with your topic to the TriZPUG email list. Extemporaneous
> "lightning
> > talks" of 5-10 minute duration are also welcome. Please join us at our
> first
> > meeting at WebAssign and share your Python experiences. Plenty of free
> after
> > hours parking will be available in the adjacent Centennial Campus decks.
> An
> > after-meeting location for food and beverage will be decided at the
> meeting.
> >
> > BTW, the December meeting at Splatspace will also be on the third
> Thursday
> > to schedule around yet another holiday. And we'd like a scheduled speaker
> > for that meeting as well, if you are thinking ahead.
> >
> > --
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc
> > office: 3313 Venable Hall   phone: (919) 599-3530
> > mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
> > _______________________________________________
> > TriZPUG mailing list
> > TriZPUG at python.org
> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
> > http://trizpug.org is the Triangle Zope and Python Users Group
> _______________________________________________
> TriZPUG mailing list
> TriZPUG at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
> http://trizpug.org is the Triangle Zope and Python Users Group
>
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From francois.dion at gmail.com  Sat Nov  3 14:41:06 2012
From: francois.dion at gmail.com (Francois Dion)
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 09:41:06 -0400
Subject: [TriZPUG] TriZPUG November 2012 Meeting: Topic TBA
In-Reply-To: <682E976D-6AA6-4C14-BCE5-F4B4EBA6FA0F@yonderway.com>
References: <5090405C.1000903@unc.edu>
	<CANtzOFRFqqgnEdVMz754_FoHNiBPEXkksJhehtZLSoT1Zv3wQA@mail.gmail.com>
	<682E976D-6AA6-4C14-BCE5-F4B4EBA6FA0F@yonderway.com>
Message-ID: <CAOLi1KCjeNvqRyCuRCDH0efxfAMeUHDqwJ95ns8gCQsHwtO3Dw@mail.gmail.com>

PYPTUG will have a regular workshop that focuses on that precise
subject, and for network admins, devops, ops manager, continuous
integration / deployment etc.

I mentioned PYPTUG at PyCarolinas on saturday, but if you haven't heard:
There is now a Python user group for the Piedmont Triad. It is called
PYPTUG (pronounce "pipe tug"), PYthon, Piedmont Triad User Group. We
are based in Winston-Salem, but we currently have members from
Salisbury to Mount Airy and from Clemmonsville to Chapel Hill.

The blog is at: http://pyptug.blogspot.com

The mailing list / google group is here:
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/pyptug?hl=en

And the sysPython workshop:
http://pyptug.blogspot.com/2012/11/syspython-workshop.html

Finally, there is a PyHack Workshop that is already in motion. Next
PyHack is this coming saturday (November the 10th):
http://pyptug.blogspot.com/2012/10/pyhack-workshop-details.html

I will feature the Raspberry Pi, but this is not a re-hash of my talk
Raspberry Pi: From Kindergartners to Mad Scientists @ PyCarolinas (
http://raspberry-python.blogspot.com/2012/09/raspberry-pi-from-kindergartners-to.html
). This will be a hands on workshop, and we'll use AdaFruit's WebIDE.

Back to sysPython, if anybody is interested in turning a talk into a
workshop and coming by our neck of the woods, let me know!

Francois

--
pyptug.blogspot.com  -  raspberry-python.blogspot.com


On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 5:55 AM, Magnus <magnus at yonderway.com> wrote:
>
> On Nov 3, 2012, at 5:50 AM, Josh Johnson wrote:
>>
>> 1. Python tools and strategies for system administrators
>
> This.
> _______________________________________________
> TriZPUG mailing list
> TriZPUG at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
> http://trizpug.org is the Triangle Zope and Python Users Group

From magnus at yonderway.com  Sat Nov  3 14:47:14 2012
From: magnus at yonderway.com (magnus at yonderway.com)
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2012 09:47:14 -0400
Subject: [TriZPUG] TriZPUG November 2012 Meeting: Topic TBA
In-Reply-To: <CAOLi1KCjeNvqRyCuRCDH0efxfAMeUHDqwJ95ns8gCQsHwtO3Dw@mail.gmail.com>
References: <5090405C.1000903@unc.edu>
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	<682E976D-6AA6-4C14-BCE5-F4B4EBA6FA0F@yonderway.com>
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On Sat, 3 Nov 2012 09:41:06 -0400, Francois Dion <francois.dion at gmail.com>
wrote:
>(pronounce "pipe tug")

Isn't that what killed Pee Wee Herman's career?

From cbc at unc.edu  Sat Nov  3 22:17:17 2012
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:17:17 -0400
Subject: [TriZPUG] Nine Days of Early Bird Registration Left for Django
 Fundamentals Bootcamp
Message-ID: <509589DD.8060808@unc.edu>

Triangle Python Users Group members Caktus Consulting Group announce 
Django Fundamentals Bootcamp, a two day beginners course for anyone who 
wants to learn the basics of building a Django web application. Designed 
for developers with basic programming experience, this course will 
provide you with the essentials needed to build and develop a simple 
Django application in a hands-on and interactive setting. The training 
will focus on the construction of a crossword drill application to 
illustrate Django?s architecture and versatility.

Django Fundamentals Bootcamp takes place Saturday, Janaury 12th and 
Sunday, January 13, 2013 at Caktus, 209 Lloyd St, Suite 110, Carrboro, 
NC. Tickets are $550 for the early bird special through November 12, 
2012, $700 thereafter, and include coffee, drinks, snacks, and two 
lunches. For more information visit:

http://www.djangobootcamp.com

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc
office: 3313 Venable Hall   phone: (919) 599-3530
mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

From cbc at unc.edu  Sat Nov  3 22:22:43 2012
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:22:43 -0400
Subject: [TriZPUG] TriZPUG November 2012 Meeting: Topic TBA
In-Reply-To: <CANtzOFRFqqgnEdVMz754_FoHNiBPEXkksJhehtZLSoT1Zv3wQA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <5090405C.1000903@unc.edu>
	<CANtzOFRFqqgnEdVMz754_FoHNiBPEXkksJhehtZLSoT1Zv3wQA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <50958B23.40203@unc.edu>

On 11/3/2012 5:50 AM, Josh Johnson wrote:
> I'll do a presentation, since I'll be, like... right there... ;)

Thank you, Josh!

> 1. Python tools and strategies for system administrators
> 2. Pyramid from 0 to something useful in [um.. 30?] minutesThat's

I'm interested in both of these. But you should do your preference and 
save #2 for the next time nobody else volunteers a talk.

> 3. What Is Quality Software? (less pythony, more general programming)

We all know the answer to that question is software Josh wrote.

> 4. Persisting to XML and using XSLT is WAY better than anything you ever did.

A true statement.

Until you need to search. :)

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc
office: 3313 Venable Hall   phone: (919) 599-3530
mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

From stevegambino at gmail.com  Sun Nov  4 18:26:12 2012
From: stevegambino at gmail.com (Steve Gambino)
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 12:26:12 -0500
Subject: [TriZPUG] Nine Days of Early Bird Registration Left for Django
 Fundamentals Bootcamp
In-Reply-To: <509589DD.8060808@unc.edu>
References: <509589DD.8060808@unc.edu>
Message-ID: <CAEeiu_rhL9jZ-ehSEQ=L2Td=BPfW5qWSO5a9FjPVH-UNd-w+Qw@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks for the reminder Chris.  I signed up today.  Looking forward to it!
Steve

On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Chris Calloway <cbc at unc.edu> wrote:

> Triangle Python Users Group members Caktus Consulting Group announce
> Django Fundamentals Bootcamp, a two day beginners course for anyone who
> wants to learn the basics of building a Django web application. Designed
> for developers with basic programming experience, this course will provide
> you with the essentials needed to build and develop a simple Django
> application in a hands-on and interactive setting. The training will focus
> on the construction of a crossword drill application to illustrate Django?s
> architecture and versatility.
>
> Django Fundamentals Bootcamp takes place Saturday, Janaury 12th and
> Sunday, January 13, 2013 at Caktus, 209 Lloyd St, Suite 110, Carrboro, NC.
> Tickets are $550 for the early bird special through November 12, 2012, $700
> thereafter, and include coffee, drinks, snacks, and two lunches. For more
> information visit:
>
> http://www.djangobootcamp.com
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc
> office: 3313 Venable Hall   phone: (919) 599-3530
> mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
> ______________________________**_________________
> TriZPUG mailing list
> TriZPUG at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/**mailman/listinfo/trizpug<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug>
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From cbc at unc.edu  Mon Nov  5 15:43:55 2012
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:43:55 -0500
Subject: [TriZPUG] Reminder: November Raleigh Project Night: Get Started
 with Python Koans
In-Reply-To: <507D8EA1.2020206@unc.edu>
References: <507D8EA1.2020206@unc.edu>
Message-ID: <5097D0AB.8070904@unc.edu>

Tomorrow night is Raleigh Project Night!

On 10/16/2012 12:43 PM, Chris Calloway wrote:
> When: Tue, Nov 6, 2012 (Election Night)
>
> Where: Engineering Building 2, Room 1220,
>         NCSU Centennial Campus, 890 Oval Drive, Raleigh
>
> http://tripython.org/Members/cbc/nov-12-rpn/
> http://www.meetup.com/trizpug/events/87215962/
>
> Raleigh Project Night meets on first Tuesdays. Have a project you want
> to show off, share, seek help with, or just get some work done
> surrounded my like minded python lovers? Don't have something to work
> on? Just want to get away on election night? Show up and enjoy the
> energy, sprint on an open source project, find something interesting to
> contribute to or be inspired by! The setting is informal and there is no
> schedule, so don't worry if you show up past the start time. For this
> project night, Chris Calloway will help Python newcomers set up the
> Python Koans to learn Python the Zen way (using test driven development).
>


-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc
office: 3313 Venable Hall   phone: (919) 599-3530
mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

From cbc at unc.edu  Mon Nov 12 15:29:54 2012
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:29:54 -0500
Subject: [TriZPUG] Fwd: [PYPTUG] Re: PYPTUG's first PyHack Workshop November
	10th
In-Reply-To: <f95c3f5e-7536-44ff-aef3-62612aefb34a@googlegroups.com>
References: <f95c3f5e-7536-44ff-aef3-62612aefb34a@googlegroups.com>
Message-ID: <50A107E2.7090003@unc.edu>

I'm forwarding this from PYPTUG for the links that may be of interest to 
the makerists among us.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[PYPTUG] Re: PYPTUG's first PyHack Workshop November 10th
Date: 	Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:42:08 -0800
From: 	Francois Dion <francois.dion at gmail.com>
Reply-To: 	<pyptug at googlegroups.com>
To: 	<pyptug at googlegroups.com>



PyHack was a success, thanks to all who participated, thanks to
fablocker for the space and fablocker members who made this possible.
Thanks also to David Mitchell for his presentation on iPython, iPython
notebook and AdaFruit WebIDE.

You can read more about it here:

http://pyptug.blogspot.com/2012/11/hot-off-press.html

Follow the link to the Raspberry Pi Python Adventure (on the above link,
or in my signature below) to get the play by play review of the workshop
code, and instructions on how to get the source code on bitbucket.org.
There will be a follow up article on the PiQuizMachine.

Fran?ois

-- 
pyptug.blogspot.com <http://pyptug.blogspot.com>  -
raspberry-python.blogspot.com <http://raspberry-python.blogspot.com>

On Wednesday, October 31, 2012 9:42:24 PM UTC-4, Francois Dion wrote:

     Beside the regular PYPTUG meetings (we are still searching for a
     location at this time), we are starting up various workshops. The
     first will be PyHack, and the other will be sysPython.

     Today, I'm sending the official invitation to PyHack Workshop:
     A monthly workshop using the wonderful Python programming language to
     do cool hacks, bridging the virtual and the physical. Presented by
     PYPTUG, in collaboration with Fablocker. We invite anyone who is
     interested in learning Python to attend.

     It will take place on Saturday November 10th at 3pm, at Fablocker in
     Winston Salem.

     Lots of details have been posted here:
     http://pyptug.blogspot.com/2012/10/pyhack-workshop-details.html
     <http://pyptug.blogspot.com/2012/10/pyhack-workshop-details.html>

     Let me know if you have any questions.

     As for the sysPython Workshop for operations, automation,
     administrators, integrators, developpers, it will be announced
     shortly.

     Fran?ois

     --
     pyptug.blogspot.com <http://pyptug.blogspot.com>  -
     raspberry-python.blogspot.com <http://raspberry-python.blogspot.com>


From cbc at unc.edu  Wed Nov 14 22:31:06 2012
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:31:06 -0500
Subject: [TriZPUG] Reminder: TriZPUG November 2012 Meeting: Python Tools and
 Strategies for System Administrators
In-Reply-To: <5090405C.1000903@unc.edu>
References: <5090405C.1000903@unc.edu>
Message-ID: <50A40D9A.6080309@unc.edu>

Monthly meeting is tomorrow (Thursday). Carrboro Project Night is 
tonight (Wednesday).

On 10/30/2012 5:02 PM, Chris Calloway wrote:
 >
 > http://trizpug.org/Members/jj/nov-12-mtg
 >
> When: Thursday, November 15 at 7pm
>
> Where: WebAssign, NCSU Centennial Campus,
>         1791 Varsity Drive, Suite 200,
>         Raleigh
>
> To schedule around Thanksgiving, November's TriZPUG meeting is on the
> third instead of the fourth Thursday. Josh Johnson will present a talk
 > entitled "Python Tools and Strategies for System Administrators."
 > To announce a talk for this meeting, send an email with your topic to
 > the TriZPUG email list. Extemporaneous "lightning talks" of 5-10 minute
 > duration are also welcome. Please join us at our first meeting at
 > WebAssign and share your Python experiences. Plenty of free after hours
 > parking will be available in the adjacent Centennial Campus decks.
 > An after-meeting location for food and beverage will be decided at the
 > meeting.


-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc
office: 3313 Venable Hall   phone: (919) 599-3530
mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

From lionface.lemonface at gmail.com  Thu Nov 15 19:44:41 2012
From: lionface.lemonface at gmail.com (Josh Johnson)
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:44:41 -0500
Subject: [TriZPUG] Reminder: TriZPUG November 2012 Meeting: Python Tools
 and Strategies for System Administrators
In-Reply-To: <50A40D9A.6080309@unc.edu>
References: <5090405C.1000903@unc.edu>
	<50A40D9A.6080309@unc.edu>
Message-ID: <CANtzOFSAf+ji3Qa08Ge9syRe0yULmwByCqx=BK36b4cFDUg4ZQ@mail.gmail.com>

I'm not feeling well - I'm about to go home sick - I won't be able to
present tonight :(

I'm looking for someone here at WebAssign to cover the meeting for me.
If I can't find someone, we'll have to figure something else out.

I'm sorry about the short notice - this came on really fast.

Thanks,
JJ

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Chris Calloway <cbc at unc.edu> wrote:
> Monthly meeting is tomorrow (Thursday). Carrboro Project Night is tonight
> (Wednesday).
>
> On 10/30/2012 5:02 PM, Chris Calloway wrote:
>>
>> http://trizpug.org/Members/jj/nov-12-mtg
>>
>>
>> When: Thursday, November 15 at 7pm
>>
>> Where: WebAssign, NCSU Centennial Campus,
>>         1791 Varsity Drive, Suite 200,
>>         Raleigh
>>
>> To schedule around Thanksgiving, November's TriZPUG meeting is on the
>> third instead of the fourth Thursday. Josh Johnson will present a talk
>
>> entitled "Python Tools and Strategies for System Administrators."
>> To announce a talk for this meeting, send an email with your topic to
>> the TriZPUG email list. Extemporaneous "lightning talks" of 5-10 minute
>> duration are also welcome. Please join us at our first meeting at
>> WebAssign and share your Python experiences. Plenty of free after hours
>> parking will be available in the adjacent Centennial Campus decks.
>> An after-meeting location for food and beverage will be decided at the
>> meeting.
>
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc
> office: 3313 Venable Hall   phone: (919) 599-3530
> mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
> _______________________________________________
> TriZPUG mailing list
> TriZPUG at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
> http://trizpug.org is the Triangle Zope and Python Users Group

From stevegambino at gmail.com  Thu Nov 15 20:38:51 2012
From: stevegambino at gmail.com (Steve Gambino)
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:38:51 -0500
Subject: [TriZPUG] Reminder: TriZPUG November 2012 Meeting: Python Tools
 and Strategies for System Administrators
In-Reply-To: <CANtzOFSAf+ji3Qa08Ge9syRe0yULmwByCqx=BK36b4cFDUg4ZQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <5090405C.1000903@unc.edu> <50A40D9A.6080309@unc.edu>
	<CANtzOFSAf+ji3Qa08Ge9syRe0yULmwByCqx=BK36b4cFDUg4ZQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAEeiu_rMAr-igmLb73Z09v0kqLEE58yeWYFT9fe5E1xR_+noaw@mail.gmail.com>

Hey Everyone,

I will be able to "cover" the meeting for Josh.   What I mean is, I'll get
things set up and get us in the doors, etc.  I will look to you all for
some good lightening talks and/or conversation.  Or if someone already has
a presentation in their pocket, let's chat when you get here.

Remember you can park right behind the WebAssign building after 5pm.

Hope you feel better Josh!

Steve

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Josh Johnson
<lionface.lemonface at gmail.com>wrote:

> I'm not feeling well - I'm about to go home sick - I won't be able to
> present tonight :(
>
> I'm looking for someone here at WebAssign to cover the meeting for me.
> If I can't find someone, we'll have to figure something else out.
>
> I'm sorry about the short notice - this came on really fast.
>
> Thanks,
> JJ
>
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Chris Calloway <cbc at unc.edu> wrote:
> > Monthly meeting is tomorrow (Thursday). Carrboro Project Night is tonight
> > (Wednesday).
> >
> > On 10/30/2012 5:02 PM, Chris Calloway wrote:
> >>
> >> http://trizpug.org/Members/jj/nov-12-mtg
> >>
> >>
> >> When: Thursday, November 15 at 7pm
> >>
> >> Where: WebAssign, NCSU Centennial Campus,
> >>         1791 Varsity Drive, Suite 200,
> >>         Raleigh
> >>
> >> To schedule around Thanksgiving, November's TriZPUG meeting is on the
> >> third instead of the fourth Thursday. Josh Johnson will present a talk
> >
> >> entitled "Python Tools and Strategies for System Administrators."
> >> To announce a talk for this meeting, send an email with your topic to
> >> the TriZPUG email list. Extemporaneous "lightning talks" of 5-10 minute
> >> duration are also welcome. Please join us at our first meeting at
> >> WebAssign and share your Python experiences. Plenty of free after hours
> >> parking will be available in the adjacent Centennial Campus decks.
> >> An after-meeting location for food and beverage will be decided at the
> >> meeting.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc
> > office: 3313 Venable Hall   phone: (919) 599-3530
> > mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
> > _______________________________________________
> > TriZPUG mailing list
> > TriZPUG at python.org
> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
> > http://trizpug.org is the Triangle Zope and Python Users Group
> _______________________________________________
> TriZPUG mailing list
> TriZPUG at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
> http://trizpug.org is the Triangle Zope and Python Users Group
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From stevegambino at gmail.com  Fri Nov 16 16:36:54 2012
From: stevegambino at gmail.com (Steve Gambino)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:36:54 -0500
Subject: [TriZPUG] Reminder: TriZPUG November 2012 Meeting: Python Tools
 and Strategies for System Administrators
In-Reply-To: <CAEeiu_rMAr-igmLb73Z09v0kqLEE58yeWYFT9fe5E1xR_+noaw@mail.gmail.com>
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Thanks to all who made it to the meeting last night.

Special thanks to Chris C for his talk on python koans. This was especially
good for some of us newbies but Chris commented that is also handy for vets.

Here's a link to the koans if you're interested:

   - https://github.com/gregmalcolm/python_koans

Thanks also to our lightening talkers: Joseph and Eric

   - Joseph spoke on using the "with" statement to capitalize on context.
    He showed how some boilerplate code for a given task could be greatly
   reduced and was obviously simpler to read.   Powerful stuff!
   - Eric showed us what he has learned with Django for a website he
   created a work which tracks inventory, trucking routes, and much more. Nice
   work!

Thanks again everyone and best wishes to Josh to feel better soon.  We
still look forward someday for that presentation on using python for
sysadmin tasks.

Regards,
Steve Gambino

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Steve Gambino <stevegambino at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey Everyone,
>
> I will be able to "cover" the meeting for Josh.   What I mean is, I'll get
> things set up and get us in the doors, etc.  I will look to you all for
> some good lightening talks and/or conversation.  Or if someone already has
> a presentation in their pocket, let's chat when you get here.
>
> Remember you can park right behind the WebAssign building after 5pm.
>
> Hope you feel better Josh!
>
> Steve
>
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Josh Johnson <
> lionface.lemonface at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm not feeling well - I'm about to go home sick - I won't be able to
>> present tonight :(
>>
>> I'm looking for someone here at WebAssign to cover the meeting for me.
>> If I can't find someone, we'll have to figure something else out.
>>
>> I'm sorry about the short notice - this came on really fast.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> JJ
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Chris Calloway <cbc at unc.edu> wrote:
>> > Monthly meeting is tomorrow (Thursday). Carrboro Project Night is
>> tonight
>> > (Wednesday).
>> >
>> > On 10/30/2012 5:02 PM, Chris Calloway wrote:
>> >>
>> >> http://trizpug.org/Members/jj/nov-12-mtg
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> When: Thursday, November 15 at 7pm
>> >>
>> >> Where: WebAssign, NCSU Centennial Campus,
>> >>         1791 Varsity Drive, Suite 200,
>> >>         Raleigh
>> >>
>> >> To schedule around Thanksgiving, November's TriZPUG meeting is on the
>> >> third instead of the fourth Thursday. Josh Johnson will present a talk
>> >
>> >> entitled "Python Tools and Strategies for System Administrators."
>> >> To announce a talk for this meeting, send an email with your topic to
>> >> the TriZPUG email list. Extemporaneous "lightning talks" of 5-10 minute
>> >> duration are also welcome. Please join us at our first meeting at
>> >> WebAssign and share your Python experiences. Plenty of free after hours
>> >> parking will be available in the adjacent Centennial Campus decks.
>> >> An after-meeting location for food and beverage will be decided at the
>> >> meeting.
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Sincerely,
>> >
>> > Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc
>> > office: 3313 Venable Hall   phone: (919) 599-3530
>> > mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > TriZPUG mailing list
>> > TriZPUG at python.org
>> > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
>> > http://trizpug.org is the Triangle Zope and Python Users Group
>> _______________________________________________
>> TriZPUG mailing list
>> TriZPUG at python.org
>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
>> http://trizpug.org is the Triangle Zope and Python Users Group
>>
>
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From cbc at unc.edu  Fri Nov 16 16:48:44 2012
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:48:44 -0500
Subject: [TriZPUG] Reminder: TriZPUG November 2012 Meeting: Python Tools
 and Strategies for System Administrators
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On 11/16/2012 10:36 AM, Steve Gambino wrote:
> Thanks to all who made it to the meeting last night.

Thanks for having us, Steve. Nice place for a meeting.

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc
office: 3313 Venable Hall   phone: (919) 599-3530
mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

From cbc at unc.edu  Fri Nov 16 17:30:00 2012
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:30:00 -0500
Subject: [TriZPUG] TriZPUG December 2012 Meeting: Topic TBA
Message-ID: <50A66A08.8020608@unc.edu>

Alright, here's next month's meeting announcement. And you know what 
that means. It means, time to step up! You've got a full 33 days to 
prepare your feature length talk. So you can go ahead and sound off your 
topic now. :) Thanks to Mark Corzine for hosting.

When: Thursday, December 20, 7pm

Where: SplatSpace
        331 W. Main St
        Durham. NC
        (The Snow Building, in the basement)

"""
This is a third Thursday holiday month meeting. We have two PyOhio 
t-shirts to give away as door prizes. To have your half to one hour talk 
featured at this meeting, please post your topic to the TriZPUG email 
list. As always, unannounced lightning talks are always welcome. 
Lightning talks are 5 to 10 minutes extemporaneous expositions on a 
topic of interest to you, something you recently learned, kind of like a 
show and tell. We'll be meeting at Splatspace, a non-profit 
member-supported workshop and hacker meeting place. Splatspace is 
located in the basement of the Snow Building at 331 W. Main St. in 
Durham. Parking (free exit after 7pm) is in the back of the building in 
the lot off Ramseur St. on the downtown Durham loop (one way, approach 
Ramseur from W. Main St. or W. Chapel Hill St.. If you arrive after 7pm, 
please call 919-704-4225(HACK) to be let in the door.
"""

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc
office: 3313 Venable Hall   phone: (919) 599-3530
mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

From cbc at unc.edu  Fri Nov 16 19:38:26 2012
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:38:26 -0500
Subject: [TriZPUG] Raleigh Project Night for December 2012
Message-ID: <50A68822.7080609@unc.edu>

At this past Raleigh Project night, four people worked on Python Koans, 
Justin Blank worked on consolidating our email archives, and five others 
worked on individual projects. Thanks to Alex Kesling for hosting.

When: Tuesday, December 4, 6pm

Where: Engineering Building 2, Room 1220
        NCSU Centennial Campus, 890 Oval Drive
        Raleigh

"""
Raleigh Project Night meets on first Tuesdays. Have a project you want 
to show off, share, seek help with, or just get some work done 
surrounded my like minded python lovers? Don't have something to work 
on? Just want to get away on election night? Show up and enjoy the 
energy, sprint on an open source project, find something interesting to 
contribute to or be inspired by! The setting is informal and there is no 
schedule, so don't worry if you show up past the start time. Whether you 
are a Python newbie needing help or have an open source project you want 
to share, come hang out and hack.
"""

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc
office: 3313 Venable Hall   phone: (919) 599-3530
mail: Campus Box #3300, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC 27599

From Tom_Roche at pobox.com  Sun Nov 18 02:56:30 2012
From: Tom_Roche at pobox.com (Tom Roche)
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:56:30 -0500
Subject: [TriZPUG] Open Knowledge Foundation: Python Developers [for]
 CKAN/Services team
Message-ID: <87k3tj3c8h.fsf@pobox.com>


follow links in original:

http://ckan.org/2012/11/15/we-are-hiring/
> We are hiring!
> November 15, 2012 in Jobs	

> If you?re a Python web-developer who?d like to help build exciting
> open data projects then we?d love to hear from you.

> Python Developers ? CKAN/Services team

> Role Description

> The OKFN is recruiting junior and senior Python web developers,
> primarily to work on CKAN, our open source, open data catalogue. There
> will also be further responsibilities to develop data visualisation
> and other data-driven services.

> CKAN is an open source web-based product written in Python. It allows
> users to submit, search for and find open data. As well as powering
> thedatahub.org, CKAN is the catalogue behind the UK government?s
> data.gov.uk website. It also powers over 30 other catalogues around
> the world. If you are an outstanding Python web developer, with a keen
> interest in open data and enjoy working on open-source products, we?d
> love to hear from you.

> You?d be involved in:

>     customising CKAN for different governments and organisations;
>     helping develop new features for CKAN;
>     supporting existing software deployments;
>     working on other Python programming projects in the OKFN.

> Note: We are interested in hearing from people who are available both
> full and part time.

> Requirements

> Essential:

>     Web app development experience in Python;
>     PostgreSQL;
>     Linux (Ubuntu/Redhat);
>     Git;
>     Enthusiasm about open data and open knowledge.

> Bonus points for any of these (not essential though):

>     Solr;
>     Knowledge of the CKAN codebase and extensions;
>     Project management/consultancy experience;
>     Semantic web/RDF;
>     jQuery and CSS;
>     S3 and EC2;
>     Experience with Agile methods;
>     Knowledge of the geo-spatial community.

> About the Open Knowledge Foundation

> The Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) is a multi-award winning
> community-based, not-for-profit organisation. The Foundation now has
> projects and partnerships throughout the world and is especially
> active in Europe. We build tools and communities to create, use and
> share open knowledge ? content and data that everyone can use, share
> and build on. We believe that by creating an open knowledge commons
> and developing tools and communities around this we can make a
> significant contribution to improving governance, research and the
> economy.

> We?re changing the world by promoting a global shift towards more open
> ways of working in government, arts, sciences and much more. We don?t
> just talk about ideas, we deliver extraordinary software, events and
> publications. How to apply

> If you?d like to apply, please email jobs at okfn.org with the subject
> line ?Python Developer ? CKAN/Services? and a copy of your CV by
> Friday 23rd November and we?ll take it from there. We are flexible on
> employee versus contractor but we normally contract. We are also
> flexible on full or part time. Being based in and around London would
> be a plus but we are happy to consider applications from elsewhere.

From cbc at unc.edu  Tue Nov 27 16:27:38 2012
From: cbc at unc.edu (Chris Calloway)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:27:38 -0500
Subject: [TriZPUG] Fwd: Jan 10 TriLUG Meeting: Raspberry Pi
In-Reply-To: <CACSroP3C8tNK8vhk5_7DT9u-S6s-M1NnsRbUxXbuQQTC6Orvgg@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <50B4DBEA.1090003@unc.edu>

This announcement was BCC'd to our info address, which I assume was a 
prompt to mean it is of interest to local Pythonistas:

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Jan 10 TriLUG Meeting: Raspberry Pi
Date: 	Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:18:46 -0500
From: 	Jeremy Davis <jeremydavis at jeremydavis.biz>
To: 	undisclosed-recipients:;



Please checkout our meeting topic, Raspberry Pi, for January. If you
feel it may be relevant to members of your organization, please pass it
along to them. Thanks!

http://trilug.org/2013-01-10/Raspberry_Pi

Topic: Raspberry Pi
Presenter: Main Speaker Pete Soper coordinating with a group of Splat
Space hackers of Durham NC
When: Thursday, January 10, 7pm
Where: Red Hat HQ, NCSU Centennial Campus, 1801 Varsity Dr, Raleigh, NC
Video: Join us live via Google Hangout then YouTube video will be posted
on TriLUG.org

Raspberry Pi is a very inexpensive, richly capable single board computer
(SBC) designed for educational settings. It features a modest speed ARM
chip, a half gigabyte of RAM, flash SD, USB, ethernet, graphic and
direct digital I/O interfaces that work together with a highly capable
port of Debian Linux as a general purpose computing system that can as
easily host your home web server or LAN engine as it can keep an eye on
your thermostat or dispense cat food while you're away.

Synopsis:

In this introduction to Raspberry Pi attendees will get up close and
personal with the hardware and software combination that is setting a
new high water mark for price, performance, and usability. Multiple RPi
demos in the main and conference rooms will be in operation during the
meeting to provide the best opportunity for hands on experience.
Traditional slide presentations will cover where RPi came from, what its
capabilities are, and its charter for driving a wide range of
educational opportunities while serving as an "instant platform" for a
wide range of applications in hobby and light commercial settings. The
bulk of the meeting will offer demos that go from "close to the metal,"
low level apps encroaching on the traditional domain of the Arduino
family of SBCs to high level tools such as Clojure (Lisp implemented
with the Java virtual machine).
Join a group of Splat Space hackers coordinated by the main speaker as
they and other volunteers provide a rich introduction to this remarkable
$35 device.

Bio:

Main speaker Pete Soper is an underemployed software engineer who moved
to the RTP area when Data General extended its R&D from Massachusetts in
1977. He went on to work for three from-scratch area startups and ended
up with Sun Microsystems until a little before Oracle took them over.
Pete's done mostly system software development such as compilers,
operating system kernels, virtual machines, data communication protocol
implementations, and language runtime systems. He wrote the embedded
operating system kernels and many of the device drivers for Business
Application System's and Network Product's statistical multiplexor
products, once each in TI 9900, 8086 and 68k assembler and once in C. He
did a lot of work on various Java implementations at Sun after helping
convince the engineering and research organizations to embrace the
Hotspot VM, and tried (but failed) to get a process abstraction into
java.lang via JSR-121. More recently he's been making data loggers and
other gadgets using TI MSP430, Atmel Mega, and ARM-based SBCs. Pete
started with Linux when the Slackware distro came on 35 floppies for a
blistering 35 bogomips. He's married and has a daughter in high school.