I’m starting a new project using python, so I installed pylint via macports for some code checking. Using Textmate for all my coding, I wanted a neat little shortcut for executing pylint on a given file. Textmate is really cool and allows already for validating your source code with pyCheckMate, which is based on pychecker [...]

I was tired of the command line traversing though my somehow dispersed directory hierarchy. The reason is that I have basically 3 separate locations where I need the Terminal frequently: a subversion tree for writing, a subversion tree for my code and another code CVS repository. These are three directories I typically cd into. With [...]

I rarely use python interactively. Nevertheless, when using it, it’s nice to have features like command history. For the standard python interpreter, you need to add some extra configuration. I also installed iPython lately in order to use it with matplotlib. matplotlib is available per macports for all the MAC users out there. Matplotlib tutorials [...]

I have my MacBook for a year now and have suggested to other people to get one ever since. It was my first Mac ever and I have to say, I love OSX. I got infected with the Ipod virus 3 years ago: first a Nano and recently a Touch and have been loving it [...]