The Second Order Effect

• Somehow I'm missing my house keys, my MLS keyfob, my favorite scarf and a pair of jeans. Last seen on Thurs.In Boston. I think I'm going mad #
• Feel a little bit like the Doctor. I have a fab coat, a companion, and am exploring a strange land. (Vegas) #
• @egradman Skype uses wideband codecs past the 8khz range that the PSTN supports. It's not your carrier or iPhone sucks,it's that phones suck in reply to egradman #
• I have yet to find an ailment that can't be mended by 80s clubbing in New Orleans. And absinthe. #
• Frenchman St in NOLA suffering a power outage. Live music and bartenders just kept on going, barely skipping a beat. Love it here. #
• @stevenswei was in Vegas as an overnight stay on my way to NOLA. We should hang out next week whenever I finally decide to come home. in reply to stevenswei #
• @Colleenky yay! in reply to Colleenky #

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• Puerto Rico, finally. http://twitpic.com/18q9un #
• Puerto Rico, finally. http://flic.kr/p/7KRz88 #
• Oriental Trading just went up three notches in my book – a CS followup caller took great care of me. #
• My office for today. It's sort of impractical given the sun, but I can't really resist. http://flic.kr/p/7LcSVH #
• @tarahalwes is the hat fetching on you, or made to wear when fetching things? … Ok, I'm going to regret that joke. in reply to tarahalwes #
• @stevenswei tell me how you like Made To Stick – where's the roadtrip to? in reply to stevenswei #
• Spent the last ten minutes photographing beach chairs. At 1am.i had never thought about them after dark. They seem so … Out of place. #
• Playa Flamenco- gorgeous on the isle of Culebra. Best slogan ever : "it's the beach on your desktop wallpaper" http://flic.kr/p/7Lw5eX #
• @Mhoraigh *evil grin* in reply to Mhoraigh #
• @randbot ended up skipping vieques and mosquito bay this time. Heard they're great. Maybe nxt time. Hope SD is working out well for you. in reply to randbot #
• @Mhoraigh replying to your birthday message. in reply to Mhoraigh #
• Oh, that burning sensation? That's a sunburn. #newexperiences #
• @Wishme how long in LA? in reply to Wishme #

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• Anyone *love* their 3G data plan? Turns out AT&T requires a 2yr commitment, even if I use old equipment – not interested… #
• Loving Intercon J – Setting up the set for Limbo now, then gaming all day! #
• Man, I really want to sit down and write a game now. #
• I'm thankful that the challenges in my life stem from an abundance of opportunities/ideas/directions rather than a lack of them. #
• @randbot man, I thought you were referring to something that happened in game. in reply to randbot #

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• Oh, my, what a party. Can I turn 29 again? *glee* #
• @Madrox now I'm curious. #
• @heathervescent I hear you. I feel like a well intentioned foreign exchange student half the them. Thankfully people are often kind. in reply to heathervescent #
• Sorely needing is a process for organizing the various business ideas that come up. Need to prioritize, archive, develop, followup. Ideas? #
• @jory would love to know if you get any great advice. in reply to jory #
• All about the PyCon wireless network : http://www.tummy.com/Community/Articles/pycon2010-network/ #
• @gregvaneekhout I suspect it's not that we're stupider or crazier, but we're just being exposed to larger groups of people. Selection bias. in reply to gregvaneekhout #
• @brentbushnell Know if they're still interested in applicants — this looks *amazing* in reply to brentbushnell #
• I just bought the Mac Heist bundle. 7 Top Mac apps worth $260+ for only $20 and got 3 cool bonus apps free! http://bit.ly/heist-it #
• @gregvaneekhout I've never been there before – looks awesome! in reply to gregvaneekhout #
• I don't understand why 50-60 year olds insist upon telling me about the the state of the art in tech, while they're not aware of Linux. #

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• Hmm, Suzanne Vega is in town right now, performing tonight at Chico.. #
• @MartianFrmPlnV wowie! For what! in reply to MartianFrmPlnV #
• I think this may be my favorite VHS tape ever. http://twitpic.com/15j00m #
• @Madrox you made my day. in reply to Madrox #
• @andysternberg because folks are afraid of bad education, being homeless or unemployed. Not that I agree… in reply to andysternberg #
• @mikeprasad neat idea! in reply to mikeprasad #

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• Just called sir at the airport parking lot – by the sort of person who calls any stranger sir (I'm one of them). Disturbing nonetheless. #
• @randbot congrats! in reply to randbot #
• @boogah I love that area. Go by Cambria next time, I know a little inn there to die for. in reply to boogah #
• @boogah @egradman I've used Dreamhost PS and I was decently impressed. in reply to boogah #
• Leaving for San Jose for the Billy Joel/Elton John concert tonight. Bonus : Going with one of my dearest friends from undergrad. #
• @boogah off the top of my head, think it's Little Sur Inn. Do visit Cambria on this trip- eat at Robin's or Wild Ginger. Have fun! in reply to boogah #
• @boogah If I didn't have 20 of my own servers, I'd be using PS more. That link is neat! in reply to boogah #
• Elton John and Billy Joel – "Dont let the sun go down" http://twitpic.com/13pik5 #
• @rebelprince Totally random, but I'm with Tara right now! in reply to rebelprince #
• "I'm Billy Joel's dad. Billy was sick today, but I know all of his shit. You've got to be saying, man, he's old!" – Billy Joel #
• @lifeofreilly I am. in reply to lifeofreilly #
• @HilaryAndrew teehee in reply to HilaryAndrew #
• RT @codinghorror: "all email responses regardless of recipient or subject will be five sentences or less" http://five.sentenc.es – hmm #
• @gregvaneekhout are there any pirates or monkeys near by? Or better yet – Monkees? in reply to gregvaneekhout #
• @stevenswei Andrew used to use Amazon Mechanical Turk to do translations. It went … okay. in reply to stevenswei #
• Rate of increase :
  Opportunities:exponential.
  $/tech resources:quadratic.
  Amount of things I can do simultaneously:linear.
  This is cruel. #
• @timiat Pink Martini "hang on little tomato". Billy Joel "The Stranger" in reply to timiat #
• Mai Tai's, Blue Hawaiian's and Hawaiian Punch. But what drink to make for the sugar/rum overloaded? Margaritas? Whiskey Sours? #
• @lifeofreilly @HilaryAndrew @Colleenky @gregvaneekhout @dustchick @keltraine – Jonathan Coulton at the Largo! Whoo hoo! in reply to lifeofreilly #
• @lifeofreilly grin. They are some hot geek women. in reply to lifeofreilly #

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• I decided to stop working 1.8 hrs ago – I'm just now pulling myself away and having a meal before the clubs. I have no discipline. #
• @RichardABecker I haven't had an eight hour workday since I was 14. I'm told it's doable, but first step is to lose the home office. in reply to RichardABecker #
• @Colleenky mmmm cheese in reply to Colleenky #
• I have never regretted going out 80s clubbing, ever, in my life. I have to get Enigma out to Blue or Clockwork soon – it's high time. #
• @dustchick what's so terrible about French, save for it's lack of relevance? in reply to dustchick #
• @cyuskoff where? in reply to cyuskoff #
• Damned openwsman update uses /dev/random rather than urandom in cert generation. In a boot script. Drove to server to fix after 2hr wait. #
• @andysternberg jazz in LA? in reply to andysternberg #
• @stevenswei grin. Using other languages since Py makes me sad. in reply to stevenswei #
• @timiat what should they have taken out instead? in reply to timiat #
• @kjkjerstin I lost mine in Hawaii. (Pilot Knight) Bought a new one the day I got home. I know your pain. in reply to kjkjerstin #
• @andysternberg I assumed I (and you) would be at a BIL event. in reply to andysternberg #
• @timiat pretty good way of influencing basic users to upgrade without taking away real functionality. Sounds saavy (and evil) to me. in reply to timiat #
• While it definitely took away from my plans for today, that last hour debugging/fixing that SQL Server locking issue felt really good. #
• @andysternberg Sad I didn't make it – sounds like you enjoyed yourself though. in reply to andysternberg #
• @mikeprasad are you at the food cart festival? in reply to mikeprasad #
• @Wishme man, now I want one too. in reply to Wishme #
• @Colleenky turns out the Goodwill on Santa Monica does ewaste recycling for free. in reply to Colleenky #
• @stevenswei did you ever end up reading their ebook? in reply to stevenswei #
• @chews did you go to PS or LB this year? I think I missed the window to apply for next year in reply to chews #
• @Wishme we're going late March – it can't come soon enough. in reply to Wishme #
• Now to find a Viking Costume for tonight. #
• Man, a Gil Elvgren pop-up book. Pin-ups for the five year old crowd. Egads. #
• @andysternberg *why am I not surprised you are at lucent? in reply to andysternberg #
• RT @ThatKevinSmith: "No threesome with the Missus then?" On Valentine's Day? Please, sir – we're in love. The threesome's the night before. #
• In the fantastic kitchen of a notable director. Funny thing to realize – "I actually prefer mine to this one." except for hanging pot rack #
• @dustchick ask and ye shall recieve. http://twitpic.com/136tax in reply to dustchick #
• Although I wouldn't mind having an indoor hottub. #

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EDIT : Newer Instructions are here.

this is a repost from my old site.

I’ve created RPMs for RHEL 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3, as well as CentOS 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2 for Python 2.5 and 2.6.

The RHEL/CentOS line only supports Python 2.4, and as it’s an integral part of yum and many other packages, any installation of new Pythons will require parallel installation.

(Note : Currently, the 2.5 and 2.6 RPMs cannot both be installed without an RPM –force)

TODO : Repository URL & GPG signing

As for the RPMs themselves :

Download

• Python 2.6 – Built from Fedora Core 11 Alpha
  • python26-2.6-geekymedia1.i386.rpm
  • python26-debuginfo-2.6-geekymedia1.i386.rpm
  • python26-devel-2.6-geekymedia1.i386.rpm
  • python26-libs-2.6-geekymedia1.i386.rpm
  • python26-test-2.6-geekymedia1.i386.rpm
  • python26-tools-2.6-geekymedia1.i386.rpm
  • tkinter26-2.6-geekymedia1.i386.rpm
  • python26-2.6-geekymedia1.src.rpm
• Python 2.51 – Built from Fedora Core 10 (by Bashton)
  • python25-2.5.1-bashton1.i386.rpm
  • python25-debuginfo-2.5.1-bashton1.i386.rpm
  • python25-devel-2.5.1-bashton1.i386.rpm
  • python25-libs-2.5.1-bashton1.i386.rpm
  • python25-test-2.5.1-bashton1.i386.rpm
  • python25-tools-2.5.1-bashton1.i386.rpm
  • tkinter25-2.5.1-bashton1.i386.rpm
  • python25-2.5.1-bashton1.src.rpm

Caveats

Neither of these packages fully pass the Python test suite (import test.autotest).

That being said, we’ve been using the Python 2.5 package, released by Bashton, in production for a while now, and we haven’t seen any problems.

4 tests failed: test_distutils test_email test_email_renamed test_nis

I don’t know about email, but there are patches for CentOS/Fedora against distutils, so I expect that’s why it fails the test.

For Python 2.6, note the following :

• I had to gimp autoconf’s version detection to force it to use 2.59. This may have unintended consequences
• This RPM uses patches from the Fedora Core 11 Alpha release. (python-2.6-4.fc11 specifically). As Fedora updates this package, I’ll release updates. (Feel free to email to remind.)

Usage

Just install the RPMs for the version that you want. You’ll need at least the base python version package and the libs package.
To start Python 2.6, type python26 at your commandline rather than python. (Your original Python 2.4 is still installed.)
If you’re installing packages with setuptools, make sure to use the correct python version. (i.e. python26 setup.py install)
If you’d like to build an x86_64, call rpmbuild –rebuild with the appropriate arch setting.