Author Archives: Graeme

7 sets Venn diagram

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Graeme

This is the most interesting Venn diagram I have come across recently: an interactive isomorphic diagram exploring colour combinations from mixing seven colours. Enjoy.  

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Notes from MPUG, August 2014

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Graeme

A strong line-up of speakers and the post-PyCon AU buzz meant that we had about 35 people at the August Melbourne Python Users Group meeting. There were five presentations for the night and here are my random notes. 1. Highlights … Continue reading →

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Resources for creating the “What’s New” talks

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Graeme

The monthly Melbourne Python User Group meeting has a regular section covering “What’s new in Python”. Javier asked me what resources I use to compile “What’s new” when I present, so here is the list of resources I use. PyCoder’s … Continue reading →

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Notes from MPUG, July 2014

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Graeme

We had over forty people brave the Melbourne winter to come to the July meeting, to hear Bernie Pope‘s brilliant talk on “Implementing Python in Haskell, twice!”. Most people sleep on trans-Pacific flights; Bernie is not one of those people: … Continue reading →

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PyCon AU 2014 runs

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Graeme

For the last two PyCon AU conferences in Hobart, we informally organised morning runs before the conference day commences and had a lot of fun in the process. This year, in slightly warmer Brisbane, the runs will be happening again, … Continue reading →

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Notes from MPUG, June 2014

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Graeme

We had over 30 people at the June MPUG meeting. Here (finally) are my notes… 1. “What’s new in Python” Lars Jencken gave a great update on what’s new in the Python ecosystem, and sent his notes to the list … Continue reading →

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Melburn Roobaix 2014

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Graeme

This year’s Melburn Roobaix was certainly different! If you are not familiar with this Melbourne bike ride, it is a nine-year old tribute ride to the Paris Roubaix, in which riders find their way from Hawthorn velodrome to Brunswick velodrome, … Continue reading →

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PyCon AU 2014 Science & Data miniconf – call for talk proposals is now open

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Graeme

The Science & Data miniconference organisers for PyCon AU 2014 are pleased to announce the call for proposals is now open! The Science & Data miniconf is a one day conference held on Friday, August 1, 2014 in Brisbane as … Continue reading →

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Dirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrty

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Graeme

All night it rained. We woke to even more rain, which wasn’t promising for a 90km offroad bike ride. We flipped a coin and decided that it was still worth heading north for the Dirty Gran Fondo ride. About 10km … Continue reading →

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Notes from MPUG, May 2014

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Graeme

The May Melbourne Python User Group meeting had 25 people and three speakers. 1. Tim Richardson: An introduction to web2py Tim walked us through the web2py web framework. Along the way we learnt that Tim is a contributor to the … Continue reading →

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