JoeGermuska

#!/usr/bin/env python
import json
import os, os.path

DEFAULT_PROFILE_NAME = "default.2m2"
SESSION_PATH = "Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/%s/sessionstore.js"

# TODO consider generalizing the session store to open (different users, different profiles)
def session_path():
    return os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'],SESSION_PATH % DEFAULT_PROFILE_NAME)

JoeGermuska

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Like cut, but for CSVs. To be used from a shell command line.
 
Change row[1] to the row index to be printed. row[1] will print the second
item in the row.

Note that fields are zero-based, as opposed to 'cut' where they are 1-based.

Leveraged from/motivated by an example from @bycoffe

JoeGermuska

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Like cut, but for CSVs. To be used from a shell command line.

Note that fields are zero-based, as opposed to 'cut' where they are 1-based.

Leveraged from/motivated by an example from @bycoffe

Should use something better than getopt, but this works...

JoeGermuska

strfix <- function(s) {
	s = gsub("(^ +)|( +$)", "", s)
	s = sub("^(.*)$","\\U\\1",s, perl=TRUE)
	return (s)
}

JoeGermuska

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Like cut, but for CSVs. To be used from a shell command line.

Note that fields are zero-based, as opposed to 'cut' where they are 1-based.

Should use something better than getopt, but this works...

Usage: 
    csvcut foobar.csv

JoeGermuska

#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Like cut, but for CSVs. To be used from a shell command line.

Note that fields are zero-based, as opposed to 'cut' where they are 1-based.

Should use something better than getopt, but this works...

Usage: 
    csvcut foobar.csv

JoeGermuska

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import csv
input_file = sys.argv[1]
r = csv.reader(open(input_file))
w = csv.writer(sys.stdout)
w.writerow(['column','start','length'])

for row in r:
    try:

JoeGermuska

#!/usr/bin/env python
import csv, json
from collections import defaultdict
r = csv.reader(open("data.csv"))
headers = r.next()
countries = headers[1:]
out_rows = []
for row in r:
    area = row[0]
    out_row = [area]

JoeGermuska

The Chicago Tribune is seeking a CAR journalist who can serve a 2-year
residency for the newsroom. The candidate for this Computer Assisted
Reporting position should have proven watchdog skills and experience
with every facet of story development, from filing FOIA requests to
finishing a polished draft of a newspaper story and its digital
package. Clips should show proven results of this kind of work.

A key part of the job is to work with suburban reporters assigned to
specific towns to tell stories that can be told only by those with
command of hard data. This journalist also will be looking

JoeGermuska

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from icalendar import Calendar, Event
from datetime import timedelta
from dateutil.parser import parse
from dateutil.tz import tzlocal
from pyquery import PyQuery as pq
from urlparse import urljoin
urls = {