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Proposal for labeled break and continue in Python

I’ve created and submitted a new PEP proposing support for labels in Python’s break and continue statements. Georg Brandl has graciously added it to the PEP list as PEP 3136. Yay!

For added weirdness, read the alternative specifications… I came up with a few quite bizarre ways to implement loop-specific break and continue.

Eat your heart out, Google Browser Sync

I’d like to take this opportunity to recommend Glyphobet Browser Sync as an alternative to Google Browser Sync. Here it is:

rsync -av --delete user@remote.host:~/.mozilla/ .mozilla/

Some of the great advantages to Glyphobet Browser Sync include the fact that all your browser settings are transmitted securely over SSH, are password protected by UNiX file ownership and permissions,1 and do not require the presence of a large corporation with a dubious privacy & security track record. Plus Glyphobet Browser Sync takes advantage of industry standard technologies, just like MacOS X.

  1. Not all features available under MS Windows. [↩]

Self-referential modal dialog box

This gem of a dialog appeared on my dad’s computer when I opened Canon’s photo management tool ZoomBrowser. It was the only dialog open. Even if there had been another dialog box open, making that dialog modal would have prevented the need for a second (modal) dialog.
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Needless to say, closing the dialog helped the situation quite a bit. Canon should stick to making cameras and leave the software to the professionals.