gistfile1.py

import urllib2
import multiprocessing
import sqlite3

# With this line in place, calling urlopen() below
# will simply hang on OSX 10.9.1 (Python 2.7.5)
# comment the line out and urlopen() works as it should.
c = sqlite3.connect('/tmp/some.db')


def some_process(x):
    print('about to open URL...')
    res = urllib2.urlopen('http://www.google.com', timeout=3)
    print('URL opened, reading lines...')
    data = res.read()
    print(data)


def run_pool():
    p = multiprocessing.Pool(3)
    p.map(some_process, range(0, 50))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    run_pool()