http://parand.com/say Parand Tony Darugar: A Cruel and Petty Dictator Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:33:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's how you import a python module dynamically: say your module is called "mysettings" and it's in the directory "config". Make sure you have a __init__.py in your "config" directory and use: mysettings = __import__("config.mysettings", fromlist=["config"]) This is equivalent to from config import mysetings http://parand.com/say/index.php/2012/01/11/how-to-dynamically-import-python-modules/ My new printer has a document feeder which makes scanning of multiple pages easy, but I didn't know how to kick off the scan on OS X. Turns out it's quite easy: Open the OS X Preview app Go to the File menu and select Import From Scanner Select your printer Look for the ... http://parand.com/say/index.php/2011/11/15/how-to-scan-multiple-pages-into-a-single-pdf-on-os-x/ Apparently with Titanium Studio it's not possible to see log messages in the Titanium console. Here's how you see your log messages: adb logcat | grep "TiAPI" adb is in the tools directory of your Android sdk. http://parand.com/say/index.php/2011/08/15/titanium-studio-how-to-view-android-log-messages/ Here's an easy way to see the cookies for the current site in Chrome: javascript:void(document.cookie=prompt(document.cookie,document.cookie)); Via stackoveflow. http://parand.com/say/index.php/2011/07/27/easy-way-to-view-cookies-in-chrome/ Adding to my earlier post on the django permission system: You can check if a user is part of a group using this simple snippet. It will allow you to check if a user is in a group with the following template syntax: {% if user|in_group:"Friends,Enemies" %} http://parand.com/say/index.php/2011/06/16/django-checking-if-a-user-is-in-a-group/ I went to a school that required uniforms (private school in England). We were forced to be uniform. This afternoon driving by the high school near my house I was amused to see uniforms everywhere - here a patch of girls all wearing the same types of shorts, with hair pulled ... http://parand.com/say/index.php/2011/03/04/uniforms/ My friend Paul Kedrosky's post on one of his main investment theses, the application of currently consumer oriented technologies to business (DropBox, Twitter, FaceBook, Yelp, ...), got me thinking about how the future of work will look. I've made a career of working far from where I live. I've generally considered ... http://parand.com/say/index.php/2010/12/08/future-of-work-and-new-dialtones/ Note to self, for future reference. Markdown reference Generating static html: import markdown2 file('classification.html','w').write( markdown2.markdown_path('classification.md', extras=["code-friendly"]) ) http://parand.com/say/index.php/2010/11/29/generating-static-html-from-markdown-in-python/ Retention bonuses don't work because they only motivate presence, not contribution. http://parand.com/say/index.php/2010/11/19/retention-bonuses-dont-work/ The lovely folks at mo.com recently asked me about my experiences at Yahoo, the background and business model for Xpenser, and thoughts on funding and raising VC money. The interview has been published here, drop by and take a gander. http://parand.com/say/index.php/2010/11/08/mo-com-interviews-me/