As I predicted, I purchased the black MacBook.

After every other laptop I've purchased, I experienced some form of buyer's remorse.  In this case, I didn't.  The overall experience has been positive.  I really don't have time to do a complete review (especially after spending all that time trying to remember how the heck bluetooth modems work - ( Read more... )

Much to the chagrin of my cell phone company, I use Bluetooth tethering to provide myself with always-on internet connectivity so that I can always be connected, even when traveling unexpectedly.  It's shocking how often I end up in areas without wifi coverage of any kind, but such is the world we live in.

For the fifth time now, I have managed to ( Read more... )

I am in the market for a new computer, and it will almost certainly be a Mac.

Last week, I discovered that, with Vista, Microsoft has finally crossed the line between "pragmatic compromise" and "dangerous decision".  I have never been really comfortable with having a Windows machine that required "activation", but it's been worth it mainly for ( Read more... )

Almost a month ago, I was tagged by my father in the "five things" game which threatens to destroy everyone's privacy forever.  This can be a tricky proposition even in when one is tagged by a stranger, but to be tagged by a member of one's own family makes it almost impossible.  I hope that these are all news to him, but this is the best I can do ( Read more... )

I guess the cat's out of the bag now. Look at this thread about feature development on the Etsy forum, and you'll see that "Rokali" has graciously plugged the Divmod development process I have been helping them to "roll out".

A clear undercurrent pervades all discussion of potential contributions to the open source projects I have been involved with. Everyone involved, contributors and maintainers both, assumes that open source projects should be glad of all the contributions they receive, that contributors are in short supply, and that every effort should be made to ( Read more... )

The Twisted website has been updated with a new look.

Check it out.

I thought I wasn't going to have enough time to go to PyCon this year.

It turns out that someone I know is keynoting. How could I miss that?

Looks like I'll be buying a ticket to Texas soon...

For many years, I have been a fan of the Z shell. In particular, I loved its programmable completion and many hookable interactive events.

As the years have gone by, however, Bash has slowly re-taken the ground that ZSH originally claimed. Programmable completion, ever more elaborate prompts, and so on became as commonplace in bash configurations ( Read more... )

Over thanksgiving weekend, the always excellent Ying purchased a very thoughtful gift for me - the Logitech diNovo Edge™ keyboard.

They keyboard itself is very slick. If you want to read a thorough review of the various features, I suggest here or here; but the best thing about this keyboard from my point of view is that Logitech has produced a ( Read more... )