SDP's Blog tag:blog.sf.dasbistro.com,2008-02-03:/sdp//1 2008-03-21T02:51:53Z Movable Type Open Source 4.1 Robin: Now with more Attitude tag:blog.sf.dasbistro.com,2008:/sdp//1.66 2008-03-21T02:50:09Z 2008-03-21T02:51:53Z Sam Phillips IMG_0820]]> Obsolete Skills if you are dead tag:blog.sf.dasbistro.com,2008:/sdp//1.65 2008-03-04T07:30:23Z 2008-03-04T07:33:24Z Sam Phillips site which is apparently about actions that are obsolete and you will never have to do again.

I would just like to say (even if it's trying to be funny) that it is really dumb.  And not in that good way.
]]> Email tag:blog.sf.dasbistro.com,2008:/sdp//1.64 2008-02-21T08:55:31Z 2008-02-21T08:57:26Z I just got through about 400 emails, and that is as good a reason to blog as any.... Sam Phillips I just got through about 400 emails, and that is as good a reason to blog as any. Someone... tag:blog.sf.dasbistro.com,2008:/sdp//1.63 2008-02-16T02:45:00Z 2008-02-16T03:13:31Z Sam Phillips someone who I hold very dear.  A woman who looks after me and my child without a thought.  Who makes dinner for me, and puts up with my failings.  She gives me love, and helps me be a better person.

There is nothing in this world that I could have that would replace her.

Without her I would be a lonely starving shell.  She is deserving of every piece of my heart and I give it without a moments hesitation.  And for this St. Valentines day (1 day late I know) I ask, would you be mine?
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And they're in.  Hooray for python crazy text formatting-fu. 

[Update 19:46] And I believe I now have at least the old Atom and RSS feed urls redirecting here, which means that everyone reading in aggregators can start picking up this data.

Note to old feed reading peoples, you should use the urls http://blog.sf.dasbistro.com/sdp/rss.xml and http://blog.sf.dasbistro.com/sdp/atom.xml now.

]]> Python Woe tag:blog.sf.dasbistro.com,2007:/sdp//1.23 2007-05-23T05:13:43Z 2008-02-03T02:29:50Z Garbled nonsense I wrote on my way home, of a horribly language geeky issue. Python really doesn't do circular imports. There is only runtime no seperate load or compile-time. Really like the (load ...) function in R5RS. PLT Scheme has... Sam Phillips Garbled nonsense I wrote on my way home, of a horribly language geeky issue.

  • Python really doesn't do circular imports.
    • There is only runtime no seperate load or compile-time.
    • Really like the (load ...) function in R5RS.
  • PLT Scheme has units which are so much better. No one seems to have done the same for python.
  • Most references say just don't do it (http://effbot.org/zone/import-confusion.htm for instance.)
    • Easier said than done.
    • Python in a Nutshell suggests wrapping names in a function that you call to initialize the module.
    • Lame.
  • I just spent all of my Caltrain ride home mapping out the module, function, and class dependecies in a hastily constructed 1000 line program that I fear having to rewrite from scratch.
  • Why can't modules be nice happy load time modules and not evil run time bitches.
]]> Boggles tag:blog.sf.dasbistro.com,2007:/sdp//1.62 2007-04-03T17:59:31Z 2008-02-03T02:29:52Z I came into work this morning and my graveyard coworkers had a problem. They had four new servers installed in the data center all running the new $COMPANY approved version of Red Hat Linux, and they couldn't ssh to the... Sam Phillips I came into work this morning and my graveyard coworkers had a problem. They had four new servers installed in the data center all running the new $COMPANY approved version of Red Hat Linux, and they couldn't ssh to the machines. The problem felt familiar, and after trying to log in my self I was pretty sure I had seen this before, but I couldn't remember when or where. Was this something wrong with PAM or OpenSSH?

We've used this version of Red Hat on a few previous projects so I began looking around on our Wiki and starting the excruciating exercise of "Advanced" Find in LookOut. With in about two minutes I had found the answer on the Wiki. The standard $COMPANY sshd_config has some options off that we use.

So I had seen this problem before. In fact I had even documented the existence of this problem and how to fix it. THANK YOU WIKI.

After demonstrating that this problem shouldn't have taken eight hours to fix, one of the graveyard Systems Administrators (a term I use loosely) said that the documentation was "incomplete". I hadn't included that sshd needed to be restarted and how to do it. The reason I hadn't documented it was that if you were qualified to do this job you would know that this needed to be done.

At this point I almost lost it. Instead I went to get some coffee, and find a dart board.

]]> Semiregular Baby Post 2! tag:blog.sf.dasbistro.com,2007:/sdp//1.29 2007-02-24T05:36:01Z 2008-02-03T02:29:51Z Hiding on Caltrain. " />... Sam Phillips Hiding on Caltrain.

Baby on caltrain</a>

]]> Semiregular Baby Post! tag:blog.sf.dasbistro.com,2007:/sdp//1.28 2007-02-21T05:40:06Z 2008-02-03T02:29:51Z Everyone loves babies! Here is the first in a series of babies on flickr. " />... Sam Phillips Everyone loves babies! Here is the first in a series of babies on flickr.

i surrender!</a>

]]> Today is Boomtime, the 12nd day of Chaos in the YOLD 3173 tag:blog.sf.dasbistro.com,2007:/sdp//1.55 2007-01-13T02:46:42Z 2008-02-03T02:29:51Z In the years since I have moved to San Francisco I have not owned a new pair of tennis shoes. These shoes were falling apart every which way. Holes in the heel of the shoes meant that if I ever... Sam Phillips In the years since I have moved to San Francisco I have not owned a new pair of tennis shoes. These shoes were falling apart every which way. Holes in the heel of the shoes meant that if I ever accidentally stepped into a puddle I would have a foot full of water. So yesterday I waited all day long for my new shoes to come in the mail. NEW SHOES.

They look just like the old shoes except that they are black.

I bought an oil filled radiator thingy to keep our environmental temperature in our apartment nice and tropical. Also it looks less ghetto than using the oven to heat the apartment.

After using it for about three hours we blew the circuit for most of the apartment. I really have never taken a real good look at the power situation in the apartment. It appears that we have one 15amp circuit and one 20amp circuit. And it just so happens that everything is running on the 15amp circuit. After a couple more power incidents with the radiator I found an outlet that is on the 20amp circuit. It runs in our dining area and the only things plugged into it are two laptops. And now the radiator is too. I really haven't been able to figure out why the power would be set up this way.

Shannon recently wrote about the 30 year plan. Just to clarify we actually store the plan in our heads, nothing is actually committed to paper. Although she said I should write a program that prompts us to where we should be in the progress of the plan. Maybe I'll do that later in Factor or something.

We're going to the Baby Doctor Today. Stay tuned!

]]> One New Camera and a BABY! tag:blog.sf.dasbistro.com,2006:/sdp//1.56 2006-12-25T04:12:30Z 2008-02-03T02:29:52Z Xmas came yesterday for the Phillips household. Shannon got me the most excellent gift, a Canon Digital Rebel XT. This proves that she is the most beautiful and best wife in the world. So now I'm taking cat pictures. IN... Sam Phillips Xmas came yesterday for the Phillips household. Shannon got me the most excellent gift, a Canon Digital Rebel XT. This proves that she is the most beautiful and best wife in the world. So now I'm taking cat pictures.

IN MUCH MORE IMPORTANT ALL CAPS NEWS. If you don't read Shannon's Blog (and why don't you?!?), you may not be aware that we are planning on having a miniture human in our home. Sometime around August.

]]> Whatthe? tag:blog.sf.dasbistro.com,2006:/sdp//1.16 2006-12-14T11:05:28Z 2008-02-03T02:29:50Z Ok this may be completely old news, but while doing some research on getting a new tether, er, cell phone I came across this little goodie: GM862 Cellular Quad Band Module with Python Interpreter Description: Welcome to the wonderful world... Sam Phillips Ok this may be completely old news, but while doing some research on getting a new tether, er, cell phone I came across this little goodie:

GM862 Cellular Quad Band Module with Python Interpreter

Description: Welcome to the wonderful world of M2M (Machine-to-Machine) communication with the GM862 Quad Band Python Cellular Module by Telit. This tiny module will allow you to connect your embedded device anywhere in the world where cell phones are used. This version (GM862-QUAD-PYT) is compatible with the various 850/900/1800/1900MHz frequencies of cellular networks across the globe.

This is the recently released Python programmable GM862 module from Telit. Now you can harness all the power of the GM862 without the need for an external microcontroller. Simple Python programs can be loaded onto the GM862 controlling the GPIOs and issuing global cellular commands. Pin compatible module with upgraded internal memory for user programs.

Now to channel Zippy: "I can now MANIPULATE the RADIO WAVES with LIST COMPREHENSIONS."

Also the Spark Fun Electronics makes me wish that I had much more time and money to mess around with hardware.

]]> Hypothetical Movie Dialog tag:blog.sf.dasbistro.com,2006:/sdp//1.41 2006-11-19T19:08:49Z 2008-02-03T02:29:51Z Are you a government sponsored secret agent? Because if you are you have to tell me.... Sam Phillips Are you a government sponsored secret agent? Because if you are you have to tell me.

]]> They So Do... tag:blog.sf.dasbistro.com,2006:/sdp//1.26 2006-11-14T07:03:03Z 2008-02-03T02:29:50Z Out of context qotd Girls [...prefer...] Scheme over C++ by a ratio of 4:1. -- Matthias Felleisen... Sam Phillips Out of context qotd

Girls [...prefer...] Scheme over C++ by a ratio of 4:1.

-- Matthias Felleisen

]]> [[TITLE GOES HERE]] tag:blog.sf.dasbistro.com,2006:/sdp//1.58 2006-11-10T06:06:09Z 2008-02-03T02:29:52Z Ok, it's ten o'clock. Time to go and get toliet paper so that me and the woman I love can live in the quality household that we deserve.... Sam Phillips Ok, it's ten o'clock. Time to go and get toliet paper so that me and the woman I love can live in the quality household that we deserve.

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