Thoughts

I've tried several times in the past to try out zc.buildout, a fairly neat sounding package that automates the buildout process for a Python app. The promise of fairly easy to write recipes that can setup external processes like nginx in addition to ensuring my webapp is put together with all the things it needs sounded great.

Sprints Wow, they were great. A lot got done, quite a bit more than I was expecting. I'd like to give a big shout-out to the Pylons sprinters (in random order, sorry if I missed anyone):

Normally I'm not a fan of social networks, I always seem to get bored quickly. The one time that I actually find myself using them however, is with conferences. The relevance of the immediately upcoming event makes it quite a bit more interesting, and I've found it a great way to find people at conferences that I'd like to meet and remember who I met afterwards.

No one told me that in New Hampshire, the Democrats have a hidden power. They apparently have a mysterious force known as superdelegates. Yea, I know.

I've never been to TED, but wow are the talks there inspiring and insightful. They also cover a wide range of topics far beyond just IT. The majority of the talks are also available online, some in high quality 480 progressive mp4 as well.

On the Internet, I frequently see terms misapplied to other contexts. Whether its a basic definition misapplied to a different realm, or an analogy grossly misapplied to a context that is not in fact similar.

As many have blogged about, Apple has posted a rather hefty list describing all 300 new features of Leopard. Some specifics that really got the coder in me excited: (Highlighting emphasis all mine)

Tonight I was drifting through Upcoming to see what's happening in my area. Turns out the first page of 50 some events only covered today…. and its a ‘boring' Wednesday. As I flipped through page after page, eventually getting all the way up to this upcoming Sunday… it occurred to me that there is way way too much happening within a mere 30 miles of me.

There's been a bit of talk on the Pylons devel list regarding the recommended way to use SQLAlchemy with Pylons mainly regarding how to use SA (SQLAlchemy) in a fashion that is well documented and easy to work with (and maintain!

I've been seeing more and more movies I wouldn't mind actually buying… except that I have a 56" HD TV set. It looks amazing, pretty good with DVD's, but really amazing with HD so if I'm going to buy a movie I sure as heck want it in HD.