Comments for California Dreams http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/blog A Finn in Silicon Valley - Adventures in Technology Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:29:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Debugging Python Regular Expressions by C. Collis http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/blog/2008/11/09/debugging-python-regular-expressions/#comment-5280 C. Collis Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:23:15 +0000 http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/blog/?p=472#comment-5280 I usually use this: http://www.radsoftware.com.au/regexdesigner/ which is simply excellent when designing regular expressions. Although it is written for C# you will have no problem using the regular expressions with Python. I usually use this: http://www.radsoftware.com.au/regexdesigner/ which is simply excellent when designing regular expressions. Although it is written for C# you will have no problem using the regular expressions with Python.

]]> Comment on Looking for Volunteers to Run M2Crypto Tinderbox Buildslaves by Federico Ceratto http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/blog/2008/11/07/looking-for-volunteers-to-run-m2crypto-tinderbox-buildslaves/#comment-5057 Federico Ceratto Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:17:27 +0000 http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/blog/?p=469#comment-5057 Hello Heikki, If you are still looking for someone running a buildslave drop me a line, maybe I can help you with one of my VPS. Bye, Federico Ceratto Hello Heikki,

If you are still looking for someone running a buildslave drop me a line, maybe I can help you with one of my VPS.

Bye,
Federico Ceratto

]]> Comment on Debugging Python Regular Expressions by Kent Johnson http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/blog/2008/11/09/debugging-python-regular-expressions/#comment-5037 Kent Johnson Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:51:26 +0000 http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/blog/?p=472#comment-5037 A little-known secret is that Python includes a regex program similar to Kodos at /Tools/scripts/redemo.py. redemo does not have all the features of Kodos but it does show matched groups. redemo uses Tkinter so it is easier to install than Kodos. A little-known secret is that Python includes a regex program similar to Kodos at /Tools/scripts/redemo.py. redemo does not have all the features of Kodos but it does show matched groups. redemo uses Tkinter so it is easier to install than Kodos.

]]> Comment on Some Blog Maintenance by Justin Baker http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/blog/2008/10/13/some-blog-maintenance/#comment-4833 Justin Baker Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:17:25 +0000 http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/blog/?p=381#comment-4833 That's a very fair comment Heikki. We agree with you. It is something we have been working on implementing. We do have this enabled for some sites on an experimental basis (e.g. take a look at Techcrunch). The disadvantage of the current implementation is that the link is forced through a transcoder which is a little ugly. We are working on a solution which links through Mippin when an RSS is available - but it is not trivial. If you'd like us to enable all links in your feed let us know. Else, we'll let you know when we have this conundrum solved. Thanks for the feedback. That’s a very fair comment Heikki. We agree with you. It is something we have been working on implementing. We do have this enabled for some sites on an experimental basis (e.g. take a look at Techcrunch). The disadvantage of the current implementation is that the link is forced through a transcoder which is a little ugly. We are working on a solution which links through Mippin when an RSS is available - but it is not trivial. If you’d like us to enable all links in your feed let us know. Else, we’ll let you know when we have this conundrum solved. Thanks for the feedback.

]]> Comment on Debugging Python Extension Written in C with Eclipse by Joachim Dahl http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/blog/2008/07/21/debugging-python-extension-written-in-c-with-eclipse/#comment-4781 Joachim Dahl Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:05:27 +0000 http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/blog/?p=83#comment-4781 Thank you for posting this guide - I have been trying to get it working for my Python extension module, but couldn't quite figure it out. Configuring Eclipse as a development tool for writing Python extension modules would be tremendously useful. If you ever have time, I am sure that many Python programmers will be very grateful for a step-by-step guide of how to set this up for a very simple extension module (for example the 'noddy' project in the Python documentation). Joachim Thank you for posting this guide - I have been trying to get it working
for my Python extension module, but couldn’t quite figure it out.

Configuring Eclipse as a development tool for writing Python extension
modules would be tremendously useful. If you ever have time, I am
sure that many Python programmers will be very grateful for a step-by-step
guide of how to set this up for a very simple extension module (for example
the ‘noddy’ project in the Python documentation).

Joachim

]]> Comment on Yearly Donations to Open Source Projects by Heikki Toivonen http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/blog/2008/10/30/yearly-donations-to-open-source-projects/#comment-4756 Heikki Toivonen Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:49:53 +0000 http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/blog/?p=454#comment-4756 Hmm, you are right, I did miss it. Thanks for pointing it out. I went to the homepage, but it did not occur to me to scroll down; on the right I see "Latest News" so I didn't realize there would be something else as well. I looked at the top bar for links, and checked out "Support" and "FAQ" but found no mentions of donations. You might want to consider making the donation option clearer to people who don't realize to scroll down on the home page. I just sent a small donation to SQLAlchemy. Hmm, you are right, I did miss it. Thanks for pointing it out. I went to the homepage, but it did not occur to me to scroll down; on the right I see “Latest News” so I didn’t realize there would be something else as well. I looked at the top bar for links, and checked out “Support” and “FAQ” but found no mentions of donations. You might want to consider making the donation option clearer to people who don’t realize to scroll down on the home page.

I just sent a small donation to SQLAlchemy.

]]> Comment on Yearly Donations to Open Source Projects by mike bayer http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/blog/2008/10/30/yearly-donations-to-open-source-projects/#comment-4733 mike bayer Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:42:29 +0000 http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/blog/?p=454#comment-4733 donate link is right at the bottom right ! theres a radio button and a paypal logo :) We also of course consider creation of good bug reports, unit tests, and patches as contributions. donate link is right at the bottom right ! theres a radio button and a paypal logo :)

We also of course consider creation of good bug reports, unit tests, and patches as contributions.

]]> Comment on Upgraded D820 to Ubuntu 8.04 by Brisbane web designer http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/blog/2008/09/04/upgraded-d820-to-ubuntu-804/#comment-4619 Brisbane web designer Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:17:52 +0000 http://www.heikkitoivonen.net/blog/?p=266#comment-4619 I run Hardy Heron on an old Toshiba Portege 2210 circa 2002. It works surprisingly well. I'm looking forward to this week's release of Ubuntu. Apparently to upgrade it's just one command at the command line ! I run Hardy Heron on an old Toshiba Portege 2210 circa 2002. It works surprisingly well. I’m looking forward to this week’s release of Ubuntu. Apparently to upgrade it’s just one command at the command line !

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