SAN DIEGO: Thousands attend preview night in anticipation of Comic-Con weekend Jul 23, 2009
"It's not all big-budget and movie stars, though. The Con still is a place where budding artists can show their portfolios to professionals and where small publishing houses can hawk what they hope will be the next superhero.Encinitas comic artist Mary Fleener and San Marcos resident and Luann creator Greg Evans are regulars at the convention, and Del Mar resident and former Mystery Science Theater 3000 host Michael J. Nelson will perform with fellow cast members Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett on... (North County Times)
Choosing a Ball Python as a Pet Jul 22, 2009
Ball pythons make wonderful, gentle pets for children and adults alike ... It's not a cat or a dog, but it offers some advantages: a ball python eats once a week, poops just as rarely, and doesn't make a racket ... Parents who don't balk at letting their child own a ball python as a pet often start with a corn snake because of their temperament and attractive colors. (Suite101.com)
Update: Microsoft releases code for Linux drivers Jul 21, 2009
Future open source moves being pondered by Microsoft include better support for the Python language on Windows and continuing its support for Java on Windows, Ramji said. Frameworks like Hibernate or Spring also could be embraced by Windows technologies, including offering tooling support, he said. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Latest News Photos Jul 2, 2009
A 12-foot pet albino Burmese python escaped its cage early this morning and slithered into the room of a 2-year-old chil. Photos from Highlands Today. (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
Brilliant colours of Kashmir Jul 2, 2009
Style it up with python prints trimmed with dark brown leather. And check out the Q Tote with leather detailing, combining nylon, a zip top closure and interior pockets (in five solid colours and print options). (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Man-eating pythons in Georgia? Jun 25, 2009
Man-eating pythons headed to Georgia ... Man-eating pythons headed to Georgia ... AIKEN, S.C. Scientists are studying the possibility that Burmese pythons which grow up to 25 feet and are capable of eating a man may be migrating into Georgia and other Southeastern states. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Burmese pythons slithering their way north? Jun 25, 2009
Burmese pythons slithering their way north ... Burmese pythons slithering their way north ... AIKEN, S.C. One by one, seven slithering Burmese pythons were dumped into a snake pit surrounded by 400 feet of reinforced fence at the Savannah River Ecology Lab in South Carolina. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
A Job for You at Slate Jun 17, 2009
Must be proficient in at least one of the following programming languages: PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby ... Must be proficient in at least one of the following programming languages: PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby. (Slate)
Long View: Surreal goings on in the commodities show Jun 16, 2009
When markets look like a surreal comedy, turn to Monty Python. Try to explain current goings on in the commodity market and two sketches might help. (FT.com -- Markets)
* High anxiety Jun 6, 2009
While the other girls wore little black dresses (the panther), faux snakeskin trousers (the python) or tight red sweaters over green minis (the parrot), I wore tapioca yellow Capri pants, ears and chocolate body paint spots. Tall folk are incapable of talking about their height without discussing their family. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Work at Slate May 28, 2009
Must be proficient in at least one of the following programming languages: PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby. PHP 5. (Slate)
Alaska bladesmith crafts weapons to slay dragons May 26, 2009
For the sculptural handles, spikes, claws and other adornments, the list is long and exotic, including python, ostrich and stingray skin, fossilized sea cow bone, woolly mammoth ivory and cape buffalo horn, as well as bronze, silver, gold, emeralds, rubies and pallasite meteorite with naturally occurring gemstones in the nickel-iron matrix. These are real weapons, not props, fully capable of disembowelment, lopping off heads and pulverizing bones. (Anchorage Daily News)
Review: Doctor Parnassus May 24, 2009
This is the purest expression of Gilliam's distinctive sensibility in a long while, complete with outbursts of Pythonesque humour, entrancing dream landscapes, strange creatures, a dapper devil and a wise midget ... Let the set-pieces commence Gilliam stays close to his Python roots with images of giant heads and shoes and a musical number that goes 'Join the fuzz - we like violence. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Heath Ledger's final bow May 24, 2009
Gilliam, now 68, with a movie record dating back to the Monty Python classics of the 1970s and 1980s, has a history of clashes with production companies and trouble on shoots. But Ledger's death midway through shooting the 45-million-dollar "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," which is getting its world premiere at Cannes, was undoubtedly Gilliam's worst experience yet. (iAfrica.com)
One last film for the Ledger May 24, 2009
Gilliam, now 68, with a movie record dating back to the Monty Python classics of the 1970s and '80s, has a history of trouble on shoots. But Ledger's death midway through shooting the $US45 million ($58 million) The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus, which premiered at Cannes, was undoubtedly Gilliam's worst experience yet. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Heath Ledger's final bow at Cannes May 23, 2009
Gilliam, now 68, with a movie record dating back to the Monty Python classics of the 1970s and 1980s, has a history of clashes with production companies and trouble on shoots. But Ledger's death midway through shooting the $US45 million ($58 million) The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which is getting its world premiere at Cannes, was undoubtedly Gilliam's worst experience yet. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Bagehot : There won’t be blood May 22, 2009
The confrontation between Mr Brown and the malcontents is less like a gunslingers deadly stand-off than the Monty Python sketch in which two men slap each other with fish. Meanwhile, implementing or supporting tough discipline for the most extravagant expenses artists might indeed lead to awkwardness and perhaps the odd by-election. (The Economist)
Digging into Apple's OS X 10.5.7 update May 13, 2009
8) were both updated, as were some Perl libraries, various Python and Ruby frameworks, and a whole bunch of Unix utilities. There are also updates to many of the X11 Unix programs. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
BEHIND THE SCENES: Weird science! Wayne State professor behind hit show May 13, 2009
"One of the segments that we did involved a python. ... They were comparing the python to the choke-out a (mixed-martial arts) fighter would use in the ring. So they compared Fedor Emelianenko and how he would choke somebody out compared to a python. Fedor had a stronger, more forceful choke-out, but the snake could hold on forever. It doesn't take much to block your carotid arteries and that's the whole point, that it blocks your carotid arteries and then you pass out. The python will hold on... (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
New Moonlight Release Available for Testing May 7, 2009
0 release also supports a variety of programming languages such as IronRuby and IronPython, open-source implementations of Ruby and Python that Microsoft has created and which can be used in Silverlight, as well as Visual Basic or PHP.. Another feature Moonlight 2. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Just one way out May 3, 2009
Cool, I'm thinking like a python wrapped around you or something. Yes, that might be very cool, I will make a note. (iAfrica.com)
Lodi City Council will review temporary ban on medicinal marijuana outlets Apr 15, 2009
Cogito wrote on Apr 15, 2009 12:12 AM:" Bob, be kind to dogs. He's most likely a product of the LUSD. Dogs, those Cheech and Chong movies were a lot funnier if you'd been smoking. Monty Python was a lot funnier in those days too. ". Bob Hussein Loblaw wrote on Apr 14, 2009 9:04 PM:" Hey dogs, a couple bong hits might make you a better speller. It sure couldn't make you worse... ". (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Cowboy no more, Voight recalls the role of a lifetime Apr 9, 2009
" The casting set up a great contest between the two young actors. "We were both looking for our walks, having this great time competing and yet helping each other," Voight says. "I tried all these walks, like that Monty Python sketch, the silly walks. I went to bars in Texas, trying to pass as Texan, trying to get something real. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Jeff Boudreau, the man behind local folk concerts Mar 27, 2009
"I try to stay true and present to what I like - I'm not presenting to draw a crowd," Boudreau says of the almost two-year-old music series he's dubbed Notlob, which references a line from a famous Monty Python sketch in which the English town of Bolton is invoked as a failed palindrome (Boudreau happens to live in Bolton, Mass. . (Boston Globe)
Open source and SaaS offerings rethink the database Mar 24, 2009
The project includes formatters for many of the major languages (including C, Perl, Java, PHP, and Python), and it aims to honor the various idioms used by the programmers familiar with a language. You give it the schema and it does the rest. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Spore API contest spurs developers to create add-ons to game Mar 5, 2009
EA has released sample code for the API that enables it to run using Adobe Flash, PHP, Python, Processing and Mathematica. EA is offering winners the chance to get an Nvidia graphics card, copy of Spore and its forthcoming Galactic Adventures expansion pack, or Galactic Adventures. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
More specialty Linuxes to the rescue Feb 24, 2009
Choosing the video category gives you PiTiVi video editing system (which is actually a Python front end to the GStreamer collection of video processing modules), the Kino nonlinear video editor, the Stopmotion movie creator, and more. Ubuntu Studio's selection of audio applications is impressive in both quantity and quality. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
On the prowl for great hunting books Feb 19, 2009
After leaving the presidency, Teddy headed to Africa with his son Kermit to collect animals for the Smithsonian and over a year s time shot themselves a Noah s Ark load of game, including 17 lions, 20 elephant and even one big python. There is no doubt that Ruark and even Peter Capstick do a better job of writing about African hunting, than Teddy. (Helena Independent Record)
Counter Intelligence Feb 18, 2009
Add a high level of corruption, routine cover-ups of malfeasance and incompetence, and you would have today s CIA. It is, as one critic noted, a sorry blend of Monty Python and Big Brother. The Sept. 11 attacks caught the Agency off guard. (The American Conservative)
Saskatchewan government looking for ways to address Ticketmaster ... Feb 14, 2009
The day news of the recession hit, Toronto comedian Rob Trick Johnston, who was already living "hand-to-mouth," took a cue from Monty Python and opted to look on the bright side of life. . (Regina Leader-Post)
Snakebite network readied for open source projects Feb 12, 2009
Snakebite's overseers are looking to open up the network to all things Python and more. Implementations of Python will be supported, including CPython, Jython, PyPy, IronPython, and stack-less Python. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
