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June 15, 2002

netdevicelib

I've released the first version of my Python module for managing network devices (routers, switches, etc.). You can download netdevicelib from SourceForge.

Posted by Brian at 12:45 AM |

June 12, 2002

ILM articles

A couple of great articles on Industrial Light and Magic: the first talks about their use of Linux for rendering, with a sidebar about their computer setup. The second, from Entertainment Weekly talks about the new CG Yoda characters from Episode II.

Posted by Brian at 10:22 AM |

June 10, 2002

Python Logging Library

A Logging System for Python describes (and provides) a logging system (similar to log4j in Java) for Python.

Posted by Brian at 5:15 PM |

pychecker

PyChecker: a python source code checking tool: PyChecker is a tool for finding bugs in python source code. It finds problems that are typically caught by a compiler for less dynamic languages, like C and C . It is similar to lint.

Posted by Brian at 5:05 PM |

python cookbook

Ooh! O'Reilly is releasing Python Cookbook next month. Their Perl and Java Cookbooks are awesome resources, so I can't wait to pick this one up.

Posted by Brian at 3:44 PM |

guido

Another interview with Python creator Guide van Rossum, this one from Linux Magazine.

Posted by Brian at 3:11 PM |

secure syslog

LinuxSecurity.com has a guilde to building Secure Remote Log Servers over TCP, primary for the Snort IDS platform.

Posted by Brian at 1:56 PM |

jedit

There's a new version of jEdit, an open-source text editor designed for programmers, available. It's written in Java and thus runs on most platforms.

Posted by Brian at 11:02 AM |

java libraries

Two free (GPL) Java libraries look pretty interesting: fastUtil contains type-optimized hash maps to replace the more general HashMap class. JFreeReport takes JTable data and formats it for printing or PDF generation.

Posted by Brian at 11:01 AM |

June 9, 2002

redhat NTFS

As I recently learned (after rebuilding my Mandrake 8.2 box with Red Hat 7.3), Red Hat does not build NTFS support into their stock kernels. After searching around on Google, I found this excellent HOWTO on building the required kernel module without having to install an entirely rebuilt kernel (and without having to reboot).

Posted by Brian at 7:17 PM |

June 8, 2002

python interviews

Two Python-focused interviews: one with Paul Everitt, of Zope Corporation, and the other with Eric Raymond.

Posted by Brian at 5:53 PM |

June 5, 2002

steve jobs

Continuing the interview theme, CNET has a brief one with Steve Jobs

Posted by Brian at 4:28 PM |

guido

OnLAMP has a new interview up with Guido van Rossum, creator of Python.

Posted by Brian at 4:20 PM |

June 4, 2002

python folding

Here is an Emacs configuration that allows code-folding, using Emacs' built-in outline mode.

Posted by Brian at 11:30 AM |

sqlite

SQLite is an embedded relational database written in a C library. No server -- the library reads the DB files directly off disk. There's a Python interface to it available.

Posted by Brian at 11:27 AM |