After switching to pip a while back ("pip uninstall", oh yeah!) I thought it was time to tame virtualenv, as pip and virtualenv tend to be introduced as the ideal way to work with Python nowadays. I started poking at it properly today, here's where I am so far.

$ pip …

My last course to teach Python to beginners ended Monday last week and wow, am I behind in writing up the post-mortem :)

This time I taught the basics of programming with Python to a group of 6 adults, mostly PhD students either in political sciences or mechanical engineering. Nearly all …

A delayed summary of Python Ireland's February meet-up last Wednesday -- another great event, after which I promptly fell sick (getting ready to kick ass again now though :)). In January, the group had a simple and nice "pub meet-up", where a few Python beginners and novices turned up (including one who's …

Another fantastic edition of FOSDEM is now finished. Many thanks to the organisers for another great job!

Amazingly, the Welcome talk managed to top off last year's FOSDEM dance, this time by making the audience contribute the music. I hope they do it again next year, it was kind of …

As FOSDEM (woohoo \o/) draws closer and the likelihood of spending a lot of time in the airport doesn't change, I thought it was time to find out how to use my N900 as a modem or for "tethering" as I'm told the proper word is.

Some background:

• my laptop …