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Saturday, November 7th, 2009

python_dev [ 6ferrets ]

4:08p "truncate" the beginning of a file? I hope somebody's still out there! I haven't looked at Python in years, but I'm hoping to come up with a quick & easy way to remove the first X characters from a file, something like file.truncate but from the beginning of a file. Does that already exist, or will I need to do it by hand? Thanks!

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Friday, November 6th, 2009

in_parentheses

1:32p "Isn't it pretty, it raises the dead! Americans." 1. I cannot have another conversation like the one I had at lunch today, in which my normally sane colleagues freaked out about the fact that we all pour from the same plastic containers of salad dressing and use the same ice cream scoops. OMG the germz!!1! Yes, human beings touch things that other human beings touch. If you would like to wear an astronaut suit at all times, you can avoid this. Otherwise? Germs. They fucking happen. DEAL WITH IT. 2. Two of my 6th graders have started a monthly lunchtime discussion group about books made into movies, which they asked me to advise. This is adorable, and I love it. However, their announcement about it this morning included this gem: "You don't have to have read the book, you just have to have an opinion!" Uninformed opinions: they're what makes America great.

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Monday, November 2nd, 2009

in_parentheses

6:23p Endorsements... There isn't much call for an "in_parentheses Endorses..." post this time around, as my Ward 2 ballot is mostly uncontested. C'mon, Somerville, be more divisive! I am directed to vote for four Aldermen-at-Large out of a roster of five (it's Alderman musical chairs!), so let's take a look at the contestants (endorsements in red)... ( Your better politicians will hire someone with a basic grasp of HTML )

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