Fixing “invalid Python installation” error on Ubuntu
While attempting to install DenyHosts, I got an error about "invalid Python installation". I found the solution here. Basically just: sudo apt-get install python2.4-dev...
Category: Python
My funky Pythony Unix GtD system
Back in December, I talked about PyGTD and mentioned that I'd been messing around with my own homebrew system. To be honest, I haven't been using it regularly lately (self-flagellation), but a few people have asked about it, so I...
The Python Tourist
Over at boodebr.org, there's a new series called "The Python Tourist". It's meant to be a series that highlights programming pitfalls in Python and from the first installment, "Passing Mutable Objects as Default Args", it looks...
Ordered a Lego Mindstorms USB IR tower
Having built a simple Mindstorms robot, but not having the ability to program it, I bought a Lego Mindstorms USB IR tower on eBay. I can't wait for it to arrive so I can start messing around with RCX Code, NQC, brickOS (formerly...
PyGTD
PyGTD, by Keith Martin, is an interesting little Python command-line program for GTD. You input your projects, tasks, and contexts into some specially formatted files and run this program and it spits out a todo.txt file which is...
PyDev tutorial
Want an editor for Python that has a little more horsepower than IDLE? Do you want to edit Python code using the Eclipse IDE? You may want to try PyDev. PyDev is a plugin that enables users to use Eclipse for Python and Jython...
Python for TiVo Series 2
Yup, I built Python for my TiVo, but I haven't done very extensive testing of it - just very, very simple stuff. Give it a spin and let me know if you find any problems. Python 2.4 for TiVo Series 2...