Monkinetic Weblog

I'm listening to mid-vintage U2 today: Joshua Tree and Rattle and Hum. Eventually I'll get to early-vintage: War, Boy, October. October is my fav of the early stuff: I spent many hours as a teen learning The Edge's guitar licks on Gloria on an old classical guitar. (Slipping into nostalgia...)

Jim posted a useful link to a new list of all the __magic__ variables that are used in python modules to make them play nice with scripts, other modules, and documentation systems. Included in the page is a link to something I'd never used before, the "amazing pydoc module" which looks super useful. Much nicer than typing help(foo) in the python intepreter IMO.

If you're a small developer and have found a bug-tracking or issue-tracking system that you really like, please ping me at steve AT this site. I'm especially interested if you're using it in a mainly Mac OS X environment.

Installing MovableType on Panther. May prove useful.

John Perry Barlow posts about iChat AV and the resulting telepresence with Joi Ito.

Cool! Two of the cool toys I got for Christmas are a Podium Pad (essential for the PowerBook owner) and a Kensington PocketMouse Optical Pro. This mouse is totally cool, with a retractable USB cable that hides in the mouse for easy mobility - and after my ancient MacAlly ball mouse, this mouse is amazing!

I posted recently about my new job at Re-Mac Computers. It's been a good few weeks! I've enjoyed working with customers to help them find the Mac that works for them, and I've had the chance to go out and help folks at their homes and businesses to get their Macs up and working as they should. Fun stuff!

I have some news to post, and a backlog of links, but I'm too busy/tired/distracted to post.

Score 640,000+ in 7 levels of Deimos Rising. Rawk! smile

Wow. I'm really tired, but really happy.

Yes, Jodi and I both managed to contract the flu while out of town for the holiday. I think I got it on the plane headed out east, and, well, Jodi got it from me.

Well, I was going to write an essay on what I'm thankful for this year, but it would be way too long and I'm headed out of town tomorrow early. So here's the short list: 1) My awesome, loving [wife][1], Jodi. 2) God giving us the grace to survive 18 mos of unemployment to arrive here with [two][2] [jobs][3]. Thanks God.

Hello from my new professional home. W000t! I'm not unemployed anymore!!!

I've been toying with the idea of writing a python library for Apple's Keynote file format, APXL.

Objectis is providing free Plone sites. If you're interested in Content Management, Python, Web Applications, or such, and have not checked out Plone, here's your chance.

Wired: Uranium Pebbles May Light the Way.

Anyone out there interested in (or know of) a python users group in the Phoenix metro area? I'd like to find like-minded individuals to hang with and learn from.

I'm day-tripping up to Sedona today to do some Mac troubleshooting for a client. Gorgeous country AND Macs? How nice.

Google rocks.

I've been working on a python-based app for a week or so now (on and off) and I've run into a spate of problems I don't know how to handle.