Jeremy Jones

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Jeremy Jones is a software engineer/system administrator who works for Predictix. His weapon of choice is Python but he has done plenty of shell and Perl and a touch of Java.

He is the author of the open source projects Munkware, a multiproducer/multiconsumer, transactional, and persistent queuing mechanism, ediplex, an EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) parsing engine, and podgrabber a podcast downloader. All three projects were written in the Python language.

Jeremy spends his spare time enjoying his family and doing a little writing. He lives in Conyers, Georgia, just east of Atlanta, with his wife, Debra and his two children, Zane and Justus.

Python for Unix and Linux System Administration
by Noah Gift , Jeremy Jones
August 2008
Print: $49.99
Ebook: $39.99

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TIOBE declares Python as programming language of 2007, January 20 2008
setuptools tip - script creation, January 14 2008
Is distributed source control always the right answer?, December 14 2007
PIL on Leopard, or "How I made PIL happy", December 14 2007
Python 3.0 alpha 2 Released, December 07 2007
Python Makes You Fly, December 05 2007
easy_install tip - setting up your own repository, November 14 2007
easy_install tip - use the "develop" option, November 06 2007
Python 3000 Released...Alpha, that is, September 01 2007
Off Topic - Camcorder Recommendation?, August 23 2007
Testing, Logging, and the Art of Monkey Patching, August 22 2007
Rewriting podgrabber, part 4 - podgrabber is now threaded...again, August 11 2007
Is Firefox on Mac Unusable?, August 11 2007
Tips on Mac Python GUI Creation?, August 10 2007
Rewriting podgrabber, part 3, August 04 2007
Why "email is dead", August 02 2007
"Pretty much anything [Mac] has, Linux can do better." Hogwash. Can we kill the zealotry?, July 24 2007
Python Mock Objects vs. Dummy Classes, July 23 2007
ediplex - Generic Text Processor, July 23 2007
Best Linux Podcasts?, July 23 2007
Pownce is Django-based, July 13 2007
Recipe of the week: Pyline, July 11 2007
A Little More Information on the Storm ORM, July 10 2007
Announcing a New Python Book and Questions for Readers, July 10 2007
PEAK is Dead?, June 26 2007
Python Atlanta Meeting, June 14: Google, Google, Racemi, and Web Framework Collaboration, June 20 2007
New Python-based Open Source Performance Testing Tool, June 01 2007
Python Podcasts, May 24 2007
Rewriting podgrabber, part 2, May 24 2007
Rewriting podgrabber, part 1, May 21 2007
Python Package Index: The Cheese Shop, May 11 2007
TurboGears 1.0.2 Released, May 03 2007
PyCon 2007 Video/Audio Update, April 25 2007
On Python Advcocacy, April 20 2007
Recipe of the Week: Sorting with Closures, March 28 2007
Recipe of the Week: Hexdumping Network Proxy Server, March 20 2007
Ian Murdock is Joining Sun, March 19 2007
Is Twisted "the engine of the internet"?, March 15 2007
Python Ready for the Enterprise. Period., March 08 2007
Simple C#/Python Code Comparison, February 28 2007
Simple C#/Python Code Comparison, February 28 2007
PyCon: Day 3, February 26 2007
PyCon 2008: Coming to Chicago, February 26 2007
PyCon: Day 2, February 25 2007
PyCon: Day 1, February 23 2007
PyCon: Day 1, February 23 2007
Off to PyCon, February 22 2007
PyCon 2007 Frustrations, February 15 2007
pycallgraph 0.10 released, February 09 2007
Firefox crash and recovery, February 09 2007
IronPython Community Edition included in Mono 1.2.3, February 07 2007
loggrok - a simple log parsing library (with pretty code), February 05 2007
Python (well...Zope) Interfaces, January 26 2007
Flash Player 9 Final for x86 Linux, January 17 2007
Flash Player 9 Final for x86 Linux, January 17 2007
Django's newforms, January 12 2007
Twisted 2.5.0 Released, January 11 2007
IPython 0.7.3 is out, December 20 2006
Wisdom from Guido and a Request for Help, December 19 2006
Guido Announces Refactoring Tool, December 15 2006
PYCON 2007, November 30 2006
PYCON 2007, November 30 2006
Mounting a Remote Filesystem with sshfs, November 20 2006
Python 2.5, Sqlite, and the obvious, November 16 2006
Is a Democratically Controlled Congress Good for Tech USA?, November 09 2006
Installing Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy) on Antiquated Hardware, November 02 2006
Google Buys JotSpot, October 31 2006
apt-get dist-upgrade broken going from Dapper to Edgy?, October 30 2006
Excellent Overview of the "with" Statement, October 27 2006
Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy) Released, October 26 2006
Ubuntu Edgy Install Frustrations, October 26 2006
SQLAlchemy 0.3.0 Released, October 23 2006
Flash Player 9 Beta for 32-bit x86 Linux, October 20 2006
In Praise of Good Documentation, October 13 2006
Compiz, Beryl, and the future of Linux eye-candy, October 10 2006
Design Patterns are Signs of Weakness in Programming Languages, October 05 2006
Python and Haskell Make You a Worse Programmer?, October 04 2006
Python Supplants C# on TIOBE Index, September 27 2006
Python 2.5 Final Released, September 20 2006
Django, Pluggable Apps, and Code Re-Use, September 19 2006
ShowMeDo - A Video Tutorial Site, September 12 2006
Python not ready for the enterprise? Huh?, September 05 2006
US Postal Service on Dell Battery Recall: "It's our policy to not ship batteries", August 24 2006
zsh function for editing Django project in a single vim, August 23 2006
My Dell battery experience, August 23 2006
Ubuntu xorg-core update breaks X, August 22 2006
Guido blesses Django. Django and TurboGears to merge?, August 21 2006
xgl and compiz are almost usable, August 17 2006
snippetsEmu 0.5.5 Released, August 14 2006
Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS released, August 10 2006
FLOSS Weekly Interview with Guido van Rossum, August 07 2006
Ajax on Django Example, using MochiKit and Prototype, August 04 2006
Django 0.95 Released, August 01 2006
Flash 9 on Linux and very mixed feelings (but mostly annoyance), July 26 2006
Django gets the big picture, July 17 2006
Django's Adrian Holovaty on the Ruby on Rails Podcast, July 15 2006
Raw PyGTK vs. Gladed PyGTK, July 14 2006
Django is the Fastest, July 14 2006
PyGTK Actions, ActionGroups, and UIManagers, July 13 2006
IronPython 1.0 Beta 9 Released, July 13 2006
Audio problem from Flash videos on Ubuntu solved, July 12 2006
PyPy Video Documentation, July 11 2006
Just what I don't need - World of Warcraft on Linux, July 11 2006
Python 2.5 Beta 2 Released, July 11 2006
TurboGears in Debian Experimental; Django on its way, July 10 2006
PyGTK and Threading, July 04 2006
Hacking a Perl Hack for Python: Autocomplete in vim, June 28 2006
PyYaml Mini Review, June 23 2006
Python 2.5 Beta 1 Released, June 23 2006
Tabblo - a Django-powered Site, June 16 2006
Google Earth R4 Beta is out for Linux, June 13 2006
IPython 0.7.2 Released, June 07 2006
Django: RSS made stupidly simple, June 07 2006
Installing Ubuntu Dapper: The Good, The Bad, The ... well, you know, June 02 2006
Ubuntu Dapper Drake Released, June 01 2006
Google releases Picasa for Linux, May 26 2006
Python Education - Guido van Robot, May 25 2006
IronPython 1.0 Beta 7 Released, May 24 2006
Distributing the Future Podcast - Maker Faire Episode, May 16 2006
Ubuntu Dapper Flight 7 Mini-Review, May 11 2006
Guido Points out Django is "Gaining Steam", May 04 2006
Recipe of the week: Decorator for checking method signatures,

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Spotlight on FOSS: An Interview with Mark Shuttleworth
Publish Date: Apr. 15, 2008

Ubuntu is about to release Hardy Heron, the newest Long Term Support version of this popular Linux distribution. To mark the occasion, we're launching a new video interview series, Spotlight on FOSS, and leading off by chatting by Mark Shuttleworth himself!

PyCon 2007 Wrapup
Publish Date: Mar. 9, 2007

Jeremy Jones summarizes the interesting developments in the world of Python in 2006 and offers some predictions for 2007. Also included is a 32-minute interview with Guido van Rossum discussing the upcoming release of Python 3000. This is the first time that backward compatibility is an issue, and Guido addresses what you need to do to prepare, discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the new conversion tool, and points out the benefits of several new language features (for example, full support for Unicode strings). He also discusses the controversy and misunderstanding some of these changes have caused in the Python community, and how they're being resolved. Finally, he offers his heartfelt thanks to the Python community for "a great ride."

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Profiling and Optimizing Python
Publish Date: Dec. 15, 2005Premature optimization is the root of all sorts of evil in programming, but meaningful and necessary optimization is vital to effective and efficient programming. When your Python program just doesn't perform, don't reach for C or C++ without first playing with the Python profiler. Jeremy Jones shows how to find and fix bottlenecks in your programs. Installing and Configuring Ubuntu on a Laptop
Publish Date: Nov. 17, 2005Jeremy Jones recently bought a new laptop and decided to run Linux. Don't shudder--it actually works! Here's how he installed, reinstalled, and configured Ubuntu GNU/Linux on a Dell Inspiron. Interactive Debugging in Python
Publish Date: Sep. 1, 2005Debugging with print statements is alive and well. It's not the only way to do it, though. Python has a powerful interactive debugger that can let you get to the heart of your problem faster and more easily--if you know how to use it. Jeremy Jones shows off the features you absolutely must know. Python Standard Logging
Publish Date: Jun. 2, 2005Tracking down what your application does seems easy; just add a few print statements here and there. Unfortunately, effectively tracing a program is more difficult. That's where Python's standard logging module comes in. Jeremy Jones demonstrates how to make it work for you. Writing Google Desktop Search Plugins
Publish Date: Jun. 2, 2005Google recently released the source code of Kongulo, a plugin for the Google Desktop Search utility. Kongulo is useful on its own, but it's even better as an example of how to write your own plugins for GDS. Jeremy Jones explores the code and explains how it interacts with GDS. Subversion UI Shootout
Publish Date: Mar. 10, 2005As Subversion continues to take over from CVS, more advanced interfaces have started to appear. How do they compare to each other? How do they compare to the svn CLI tool? Jeremy Jones puts svn, RapidSVN, and TortoiseSVN though their paces and draws out UI principles along the way. Enhanced Interactive Python with IPython
Publish Date: Jan. 27, 2005An interactive programming environment can be a powerful tool to assist in writing programs. Python has one as part of its standard distribution. Yet IPython, "an enhanced Interactive Python shell," is a far superior replacement. Jeremy Jones demonstrates.

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