Author Archives: Graeme

Notes from MPUG, May 2013

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Graeme

The Melbourne Python User Group had a good turn out for the May meeting with about 30 people coming along for a night of talks followed by discussion over pizza and beer. Talk 1: Ansible Javier Candeira walked us through … Continue reading →

Posted in Python | Comments Off on Notes from MPUG, May 2013

Notes from MPUG, March 2013

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Graeme

The March Melbourne Python Users Group meeting had three speakers and a whole of interesting chats over pizza and beer afterwards. Stewart Hines is the author of Picklets. The Picklet Builder app uses Django with a Google AppEngine backend on managing … Continue reading →

Posted in Python | Comments Off on Notes from MPUG, March 2013

Notes from MPUG, December 2012 – part 2, as well as January & February 2013!

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Graeme

Firstly some housekeeping: there’s no MPUG meeting this month. The next meeting will be on March 4, 6pm at Inspire 9. The February meeting was moved to January 28 to avoid a clash with Tim Berners-Lee visiting town. Unfortunately the … Continue reading →

Posted in Python | Comments Off on Notes from MPUG, December 2012 – part 2, as well as January & February 2013!

fenix revisited

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Graeme

It’s been over four months since I bought my Garmin fenix and wrote up my initial impressions of the watch. Having run, cycled and hiked a lot of kilometres since then, it is worth giving an update on the fenix. Garmin … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling, Gear, Running | Comments Off on fenix revisited

Notes from MPUG, December 2012 – part 1

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Graeme

We had about twenty people at the last Melbourne Python User Group meeting for 2012, celebrating with six litres of mulled wine, five dozen fruit mince pies, four speakers speaking and a partridge in a pear tree. Nathan Faggian and … Continue reading →

Posted in Python | Comments Off on Notes from MPUG, December 2012 – part 1

(No) notes from MPUG, November 2012

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Graeme

I missed the November meeting of the Melbourne Python Users Group as I was holidaying on Flinders Island, so there’s no notes! Word on the street is that the group got to try out the new meeting room at Inspire … Continue reading →

Posted in Python | Comments Off on (No) notes from MPUG, November 2012

Marysville half

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Graeme

173 people died in the Black Saturday bushfires on February 7, 2009. One of the hardest hit towns was Marysville, where 34 people died and only 14 out of about 400 buildings were left standing. Four years ago a local … Continue reading →

Posted in Running | Comments Off on Marysville half

The Strzelecki Peaks, Flinders Island

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Graeme

The Strzelecki Peaks are the highest peaks on Flinders Island and a great example of the Devonite granite massifs that stretch from Wilson’s Promontory on the mainland across the various Bass Strait islands down to Tasmania. It is about 3km … Continue reading →

Posted in Hiking, Travel | Comments Off on The Strzelecki Peaks, Flinders Island

Mt Killiecrankie, Flinders Island

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Graeme

The longest and hardest of the walks we did on Flinders Island was a loop from The Dock south along the coast and then to the top of Mt Killiecrankie and back to the Dock via dense bush. It took … Continue reading →

Posted in Hiking, Travel | Comments Off on Mt Killiecrankie, Flinders Island

Emita beach, Flinders Island

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Graeme

Over the Cup Day long weekend, we spent five days of hiking, climbing and beachcombing on Flinders Island. Flinders Island is the largest of the 52 islands in the Furneaux Group off the north-west tip of Tasmania. With a long … Continue reading →

Posted in Hiking, Travel | Comments Off on Emita beach, Flinders Island