Catherine: pyOraGeek

I gave a five-minute Lightning Talk on sqlpython on Saturday. I hoped it would pique the interest of some people who sometimes use Oracle,...

This morning's lightning talk on sqlpython was an example of what's so great about PyCon - it instantly really good suggestions ab...

I will publish a blog post on Tuesday 24th March about a woman in technology whom I admire but only if 1,000 other people will do the same. ...

... well, the tutorials and summits begin tomorrow. But some of the organizers are already in place, getting things set up. I wish I were ...

I'm working on some preliminary sqlpython docs using Sphinx , which is really really nice . No guarantees that they will remain there,...

I've been asked several times, "Why is it called sqlpython ?" My answer used to be, "Ask Luca [Canali]; he wrote it....

Martin Drautzburg just published version 1.0.1 of Senora , a command-line client for Oracle that makes a very attractive alternative to Orac...

Until/unless this ticket gets incorporated into the TurboGears 2 docs, I (for one) need a reminder about how I can make use of a sqlalchemy...

I just released sqlpython 1.6.0. SELECTing a limited, but large, set of columns from a table is a real pain. What if you could use wildcar...

There are several barriers to use of version control tools for Oracle DDL (Data Definition Language: table structures, etc.) Tools from Orac...

PyCon early-bird registration deadline is TOMORROW (Saturday)! No time to lose - go register ! Most Open Spaces are not scheduled until the...

Well, not really, but it did get your attention. This is a really interesting New York Times article about VaR ("Value at Risk")...

xkcd foresees it skynet 0.1 Multi-ton, clawed semi-autonomous Python-powered robots

You want an awesome badge like this for your blog, right? You can choose from a variety of badges at the publicizing PyCon site . PyCon de...

Today my employer benefited through me, but almost despite me. We're facing an exhausting slog through yet another incarnation of the ...

Fire up a program like Eclipse or Visual Studio and start a new project. Blam! It creates a dense forest of code files, text files, config...

Shortly after semi-finishing pyparsing_helper , I realized that it's really not needed, because there's a tool called Reinteract th...

From now on, before spending any significant money on anything, I will test their customer service phone number. If I cannot get to a human...

Ah, so many ways to learn from each other. Formal conferences and meetings. "Eyes-front" presentations. Getting together with the...

I'm back from CodeMash ! I got a lot of great ideas, and I especially liked Wednesday's CodeJam, where I started building pyparsing...