Monthly Archives: March 2004

wxBlog

I’m a dork, and am writing a small python application as an RSS/atom client.
Why?
1) mark pilgrim was kind enough to do almost all of the heavy lifting. (the only real rss-y thing i needed to write was something to merge the old feed with the new feed when I update something I’ve already loaded).
2) […]

encap python

how to encap python in one simple easy step.
(in fact, there’s more than one way to do it, though I recommend option #2)

make the /usr/local/bin/python symlink a hardlink instead
drop a file in /usr/local/encap/python-X.Y.Z/lib/pythonX.Y called sitecustomize.py that consists of

import sys
sys.path.append(’/usr/local/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages’)

then when installing python packages (either way), do

% python setup.py build
# python setup.py install –prefix=/usr/local/encap/package-x.y
# epkg package

bush soft on terror

[sorry about the lame formatting, this is transcribed from internet chat]
the fact that the pentagon wanted to take out zarqawi and the NSC
shot it down because it would make the larger iraq war harder to
sell still boggles my mind.
step by step:
US patrols kurdish iraq, the northern no fly zone, keeping
saddam’s military out of the area
terrorist […]

blogging about a blog about blogging

This blog entry about “how do you blog about work” got me thinking.
If your boss caught you bitching about your job in a bar to a friend, would he care (assuming you weren’t telling him all about your company’s plan to offer a sheep raping service next month, that is, or something else fairly confidential).
If […]