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Bradley Manning's Post-Sentencing Statement 22 Aug 2013 | 02:58 am
This statement from Bradley Manning was read after hos 35-year sentence was passed by his lawyer, David Coombs. The decisions that I made in 2010 were made out of a concern for my country and the wor...
Getting Back to IT 4 Aug 2013 | 02:31 pm
Life has become much more interesting of late. With two or three interns in The Open Bastion office periodically I am revisiting basic software development practices to try and explain them. I am usin...
OSCON Community Leadership Summit 22 Jul 2013 | 08:46 pm
I've just come back enthused from having spent my entire weekend working. Of course anyone who works in open source will recognize the effect: someone gives you a chance to learn from and inform a co...
A Statement from Adria Richards 7 May 2013 | 11:18 pm
Having remained silent since PyCon, Adria Richards has now published a statement reflecting on those events, though sensibly without going into specifics. I think it's important that her retrospective...
A Statement from Adria Richards 7 May 2013 | 11:18 pm
Having remained silent since PyCon, Adria Richards has now published a statement reflecting on those events, though sensibly without going into specifics. I think it's important that her retrospective...
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish 29 Apr 2013 | 10:34 am
A notable transition point in my life, by any measure. Interesting things are happening in all directions, many of them (I am delighted to day) heavily involving Python. So this is definitely not good...
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish 29 Apr 2013 | 10:34 am
A notable transition point in my life, by any measure. Interesting things are happening in all directions, many of them (I am delighted to day) heavily involving Python. So this is definitely not good...
Why Tuples? 28 Apr 2013 | 09:06 am
A frequent question from new and even not-so-new Python programmers is "why does the language have both tuples (which, if you know Python, you will recall are immutable) and lists?" You might almost s...
Why Tuples? 28 Apr 2013 | 09:06 am
A frequent question from new and even not-so-new Python programmers is "why does the language have both tuples (which, if you know Python, you will recall are immutable) and lists?" You might almost s...
Gun Nuts 1 17 Dec 2012 | 12:44 pm
In the wake of the most recent school slaying I thought it might be relevant to revisit the writings of Eric S Raymond. Within my world he is a well-known and self-described "gun nut." His two princip...
