If you need to distribute your Python scripts under Windows, PyInstaller might be what you need:

PyInstaller is a program that converts (packages) Python programs into stand-alone executables, under Windows, Linux and Irix. Its main advantages over similar tools are that PyInstaller works with any version of Python since 1.5, it builds smaller executables thanks to transparent compression, it is multi-platform (so you can build one-file binaries also under Linux), and use the OS support to load the dynamic libraries, thus ensuring full compatibility.

Cool.

Pyglet is “a cross-platform multimedia library written in pure Python. It uses built-in operating system facilities on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows to provide windowing, drawing, event handling and so on.”

Quoth Guido:

And I just found out (after everyone else probably :-) that YouTube is almost entirely written in Python. (And now I can rub shoulders with the developers since they’re all Googlers now… :-)

Well that’s interesting!

I’ve been doing a little research into recording Counter-Strike: Source demos (.dem) and converting the files into something usable like an avi. So far I haven’t had much luck. Instead I’ve been left using the free version of Fraps that adds a watermark and limits recording to 30 seconds. It just doesn’t seem like it’s worth the $37 registration price.

But I was able to use Fraps to create a tiny video of the cs_italy map, edit it in Windows Movie Maker (e.g. add some music), and save it. I guess that’s a good enough.

If anyone has tips/ideas, please pass them along.

Update: For those who asked, here’s the link to the video. No promises on how long it’ll be online.

Here’s a short list of reasons to use Django instead of Rails:

Browsing around the wonderful programming.reddit.com last night, I came across a post titled Why Django kicks Ruby on Rails’ collective ass. This is an interesting article, mainly because in a sense it is right, but it goes about explaining Django’s benefits all wrong…

Worth reading if you are trying to compare both frameworks.

Update: The site is really slow right now. You might want to try it later.

I played some street hockey this morning with Matt, Eric, Brad and a few other guys. It’s been a very long time since I’ve played a “real” game, so I certainly wasn’t exactly lighting any fires with my skills. But it was fun nevertheless. Good game overall, and hopefully we’ll be able to organize other game in the near future.

I’d just like to point out one thing…

Please note the blade mark on my upper/left shoulder. I’m not going to name names… ;)

Yes, it is possible.

Cashed in a gift card tonight and picked up Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 at Target. Now, it’s no CS:S, but it is very cool:

It’s quite a change going from the modern CT vs. T setting of Counter-Strike to the WWII Eastern Front, but so far it looks like RO will be an enjoyable game.

Pretzel is “a Jabber/XMPP server designed to be able to be easily extensible” written using the Twisted.

It’s that time of year…

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