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I came across an interesting recent addition to the Python language (as of Python 2.4). They are called decorators. Decorators are Python objects that can register, annotate, and/or wrap a Python fun...

I've been doing some work recently that requires me to perform automated windows events - a colleague pointed me at Autoit ( http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/ ). It's a free scripting framework tha...

In a nutshell, dowload EasyInstall from: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#installing-easy-install This now allows you to install python packages (called eggs). Like CPAN for PERL, i...

Just learned how to use variables in mysql - the variables are bound to the specific client session - and are destroyed on disconnect. SET @varname = value SELECT max(value) from table into @varname S...

File magic is used on Linux and Unix systems as a binary "fingerprint" to tell what type a file actually is - this provides a much better result than MIME or filename extensions. The "magic" pattern i...