Looking back at 2008
by Mandar Vaze on December 31, 2008
in Miscellaneous
First of all, let me Wish A Very Happy New Year 2009 !! to all my readers.
Some of the highlights of my life in 2008
- I think biggest change in 2008 was that I joined PuneTech, Started attending Pune Open Office Club meeting regularly, with the intent of networking with Start-ups in Pune. I was very lone-ranger kind of person, never left comfort of my home/office. Towards the end of 2008, I am a changed man. (Hopefully for the better)
- Joined twitter. Thanks to Navin Kabra for his inspiring post.
- Started learning python
- Made my first open source contribution : Always had the intention, but nothing was done till end of 2008. I hope this is a good start.
- Resurrected my technical blog (This one)
Other smaller changes, related to Tech, in 2008 for me :
- Moved to Executor, from DOMercury, since DOMercury requires .NET framework which I was not allowed to installed, at my new office.
- Started using Portable Apps wherever I can : Thanks to IT Lockdown at my new office. I think it was boon in disguise
- Created Dropbox account.
See my other blog, for similar list for other changes in my life in 2008
QEMU
by Mandar Vaze on December 27, 2008
in Open Source, Review
I’ve been trying to get all the information that I would need to create my own version similar to DevelopGo.
- I have already downloaded knoppix 3.9 LiveCD ISO image.
- I have got hold of the Remastering Howto , and now all ready to go ahead with my changes.
While I was doing this research, I came across an invaluable tool called qemu. This is open source CPU and system emulator. Without going into too many details about QEMU (which I’m sure you can find out from google) what I want to stress is how easy it is to use.
Debugging Python Scripts
by Mandar Vaze on December 24, 2008
in Code, Python, Tutorials
Found a great way to debug python scripts interactively using pdb aka Python Debugger. It is similar to gdb used on *nix.
Essentially you import pdb in the beginning of the script, and wherever you need to start debugging, add following statement :
pdb.set_trace()
Now you execute the script from command line, and execution will stop where you have added set_trace() call. You are presented with pdb prompt. There after it is similar to gdb commands.
