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If you get this error, than you have a problem with your python-multiprocessing package. There are two possibile ways to solve this problem. You can install the backport or you can patch the latest version of python-multiprocessing. Ive done last thing, so here we go:

// first remove the old version from your debian system
# apt-get remove python-multiprocessing

// get the latest version from svn
# svn checkout http://python-multiprocessing.googlecode.com/svn/trunk python-multiprocessing

// get the patch http://code.google.com/p/python-multiprocessing/issues/detail?id=18
# cd python-multiprocessing
# patch -p1 < 0002-Fix-logging-of-processName.patch

// install it
# python setup.py install

Now this should solve your problems. I hope that the guys behind python-multiprocessing will release soon a newer version of their package.

Before I start I must confess, I love the mootools framework. It becomes my choice of js framework. Ok, lets start. For a cute project I will release soon, I convert many ajax post to a json posts and for that reason I needed a function that converts submit params directly to a JSON object. After some minutes Ive enhanced the Element class with a new function called toJSON. What does this do ? After traversing all html elements it creates a new array and return a JSON.encode object ready to be send to an url. Here is the function:

Element.implement({
  toJSON: function() {
    var json = {};
    this.getElements(’input, select, textarea’, true).each(function(el){
      if (!el.name || el.disabled || el.type == ’submit’ || el.type == ‘reset’ || el.type == ‘file’) return;
      var value = (el.tagName.toLowerCase() == ’select’) ? Element.getSelected(el).map(function(opt){
        return opt.value;
      }) : ((el.type == ‘radio’ || el.type == ‘checkbox’) && !el.checked) ? null : el.value;
      $splat(value).each(function(val){
        if (typeof val != ‘undefined’) json[el.name] = encodeURIComponent(val);
      });
    });
    return JSON.encode(json);
  }
});

 

It’s time to switch to GIT. For the last years I’ve worked with CVS and with SVN. Both systems are great and every system has got their disadvantages. But after using GIT I come to the conclusion that this is the best versioning system I have every used Good work Linus!
A little reference for my daily work:

# git init
# git add readme
# git commit -m "initial import"
# git remote add origin git@github.com:ledil/xxx.git
# git push origin master
# git pull origin master

Last day Ive read an interesting post about 7 lessons Olympians can teach internet entrepreneurs. I believe that these lessons are also valid for other groups or companies. Here there are:

1. Great talent means nothing without great teamwork
2. Endorsement deals are great, but don’t let them distract you
3. Finish
4. When you are injured, you need to work even harder to reach your goals
5. Know your competition
6. Nothing worth accomplishing comes quick and easy
7. Remember what’s really important

Ive been using the python-twitter for some stuff and Ive noticed that the actual version doesnt support the "source" parameter and also doenst support identi.ca. For this reason Ive spent some minutes to do a hack. This version includes a new function named "SetSource" that allows you to define your source "…from blabla" that will be display on twitter and introduces the new parameter "twitterserver" to __init__. This parameter is optional and the default value is twitter.com. identi.ca is another microblogging service based on laconica that supports the entire twitter API. Great step!!

e.g. for SetSource:

# import twitter
# api = twitter.Api(username=’me’,password=’secret’,twitterserver=’identi.ca/api’)     // for identi.ca, default=twitter.com
# api.SetSource(’dilella’)
# api.PostUpdate(’it works’)

Download twitter.py!

It’s have been a long time when Ive made my last blog entry So back from the holiday and full of enthusiasm I modified the great multibox 1.3.1 library to make it run with the MooTools 1.2. The new version can be found here:

Multibox 1.3.1 – MooTools 1.2
Overlay 1.2 – MooTools 1.2

Please dont write me mails for additional information but contact the author of multibox. (phatfusion)

The problem when you use mktime is that it converts your python datetime (with/without dst) to your localtime. But if you want to convert it only to a normal unixdatetime without tz you need to create an own function. Here is an example that Ive used for a project:

def dt2ut(date):
    total = ((date.year-1970)*365) + int(float((date.year-1970))/4.0)
    monthdays=[31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31]
    for i in range(1,date.month):
        total = total + monthdays[i-1]
    total = total + date.day
    total = total*86400 + 3600*date.hour + 60*date.minute + date.second + 1e-6*date.microsecond
    return int(total*100)*10

While surfing around and reading news I discovered an interesting project named fonie. To make it short it offers an voice tel within your browser. You dont need to install a plugin or other software. From the technology part what are they doing ? Fonie.de is using adobe flash to grant access to your microphone and webcam for their webbrowser video-telephony.
If you want to test it just visit their homepage and start a new call. You will receive a link that you can send to your friend … The sound quality is not the best but I believe that this will be changed soon if a big Investor will help them

Songza is the brainchild of 23-year-old Aza Raskin — the president of Chicago-based software company Humanized, Inc., and the son of Apple Macintosh founder Jef Raskin. Over the course of a month, he and Humanized’s Web/Systems Architect Scott Robbin worked weekends to bring the idea to life. The site launched on November 8, 2007 and instantly generated significant buzz around the world. Hundreds of bloggers and news writers have praised its elegant user interface, beautiful design, and all-around utility. Like all good ideas, both the concept and design came to Aza while he was in the shower…. Songza’s primary purpose is to illustrate how to provide content using a “humane interface” — the term used by Jef Raskin to describe interfaces that reflect how people actually use software. Songza presents this concept through its clean, clutter-free design and transparent remote control. New features will be added in time.

www.songza.com