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(No) notes from MPUG, November 2013

There are no notes for November, as I was bike touring in north-east Victoria over the Cup Day long weekend, so missed the November MPUG meeting. For the record, there were two talks at the November meeting: Lars Yencken gave … Continue reading

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I used to jog…

Sign in Little Bourke Street:

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Notes from MPUG, October 2013

Finally, here are my notes from the Melbourne Python User Group meeting in October. We had over twenty people and three speakers. Claire Sloggett, a bioinformatician at the VLSCI, gave a great introduction to Python for Genomics, starting with the … Continue reading

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Beach running

I have been slack recently with writing up this year’s runs, so it is time to catch up! The fourth, and last, of the Salomon trail runs was at Anglesea in September. The long run was the Surf Coast Century … Continue reading

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Python 3 porting sprint

If you are in Melbourne next Monday, Ed Schofield is organising a Python 3 porting sprint. The details: Python Charmers is hosting a Python 3 porting sprint on Monday 28 October from 6pm to 9pm. Come and learn how to … Continue reading

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Notes from MPUG, September 2013

The Melbourne Python Users Group had about 25 people turn up to the September meeting to hear three great talks. Richard Jones gave a reprise of his PyCon AU 2013 talk: “Don’t do this”. If you haven’t seen the talk, … Continue reading

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Hills, hills and more hills

Salomon trail run #3 started and ended at Silvan Reservoir, winding its way through beautiful forests on trails ranging from technical single track to wide fire trails and dirt roads. The course headed north to Mt Evelyn and south to … Continue reading

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Notes from MPUG, August 2013

We had another great turn out for this month’s Melbourne Python Users Group meeting at Inspire 9. Richard Jones, Javier Candeira and I spoke about our highlights of PyCon AU 2013. Ed Schofield spoke on “The future”, with Python 2 … Continue reading

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The mystery of the forest cage

On one of the runs to work this week, I came across this small fenced off area in the middle of bushland. It’s odd: there is nothing obviously special inside the cage: no unusual vegetation, no animal habitat, no gold mine … Continue reading

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Gorge-ous

Salomon trail run #2 – Plenty Gorge. There are five things you need to know if you are going to do the long course here next year. 1. There are hills. Short, sharp hills. Nasty little buggers. And lots of … Continue reading

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