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Eli Courtwright
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I'm a programmer, roleplayer, Sunday school teacher, and MAGFest organizer, among other things.

I'm also the author of some open source Python modules:

  • protlib: for implementing binary network protocols.
  • collectd: for sending statistics to collectd servers over UDP

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How do I execute a program or call a system command?
Sep 18, 2008
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What does functools.wraps do?
Nov 21, 2008
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What does functools.wraps do?
Nov 21, 2008
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No Multiline Lambda in Python: Why not?
Aug 5, 2009
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`/` vs `//` for division in Python
Oct 8, 2008
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Import error: No module name urllib2
May 8, 2010
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Does Java support default parameter values?
Jun 15, 2009
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How to sort a list of strings?
Aug 30, 2008
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Shortest distance between a point and a line segment
May 11, 2009
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How are ssl certificates verified?
Oct 9, 2008

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Nginx verifying client certs only on a particular location
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Installing a specific package version with yum
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How can I drop privileges and still clean up my pid file in /var/run?