Tag Archives: python

Duck Typing, Division and Importing from the Future

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Jonathan Callahan

If you already know what this post is about from the title then you can stop right here. Read no further.  Quit wasting time and get back to work. … But if your curiosity is piqued or if you ever …   read more …

Posted in Toolbox | Tagged | Comments Off on Duck Typing, Division and Importing from the Future

Standard Country Names

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Jonathan Callahan

What’s in a name?  That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. Ahhh love.  Juliet speaks lovely poetry but we learn, as the story unfolds, that names and the identification they impart are in …   read more …

Posted in Data Management | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Standard Country Names

Liberating data from web sites

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Jonathan Callahan

The great thing about putting data files up on a public web site is that data consumers can download the data with a point and a click.  Unfortunately, when lots of individual data files are involved, the consumer of data …   read more …

Posted in Data Management | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Liberating data from Microsoft Access “.mdb” files

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Jonathan Callahan

Many people given the task of managing data reach for the tools available to them on their office computer.  Typically this will include the Microsoft suite of products including the Access database.  Not surprisingly, Microsoft Access Database files, “.mdb” files, …   read more …

Posted in Data Management | Tagged , , | 9 Comments

When is a number not a number?

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Jonathan Callahan

Have you ever asked yourself whether your telephone number is really a number?  It’s got numbers in it but does it measure anything? How about your credit card number?  PO Box?  Social Security Number?  What would happen if you subtracted …   read more …

Posted in Data Management | Tagged , , | Comments Off on When is a number not a number?