Archive | March, 2007

27 March 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Garmin Training Center and Python

As might know, I recently completed the Couch-to-5K running plan and used a Garmin Forerunner 205 to track my progress. The Garmin Training Center software for the device isn’t too bad, but it would be nice to not have to rely on it.
Well as it turns out, Bob Rudis wrote a Python script to [...]

Continue Reading

27 March 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Urwid interface library

Urwid is a “console user interface library” for Python, and it looks pretty darn cool. If you check out the examples, you can get an idea of what you can do with it.

Continue Reading

21 March 2007 ~ 1 Comment

Twitter IM (or lack thereof)

Quoth Twitter:

When your downtime is measured in days (not minutes or hours), I question how “quickly” they are working on it.
Oh well, you get what you pay for I guess.

Continue Reading

21 March 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Capture the flag

At the last CPLUG meeting, Patrick mentioned that he was hoping to plan a capture the flag (CTF) event sometime in the near future. Although this time there will be no DoS attacks allowed and there will only be one target box, so you shouldn’t have to worry about player vs. player attacks… hopefully. :)
Well, [...]

Continue Reading

19 March 2007 ~ 0 Comments

Tips for a new Python user group

The Python wiki has some tips for starting your user group. It’s certainly not the most helpful document in the world (at least in its current form), but there are some decent tips in there.
Update: The Recipe for a Successful Linux User Group is (obviously) LUG focused, but I think all of the tips apply [...]

Continue Reading