Ross Patterson

False Emerald Sprint Report Out — by Ross Patterson — last modified Feb 13, 2013 05:38 AM

Merging versioning and and constrained types into Dexterity near Beautiful Seattle.

False prgmr.com VPS: "We don't assume you are stupid" — by Ross Patterson — last modified Feb 04, 2013 07:37 PM

Excellent, affordable VPS service done in a way that feels very much like participating in an open-source community.

False POSKeyError During Commit — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 21, 2012 07:08 PM

A terrifying tale of ZODB errors that only showed during the hardest time to debug.

False WSGI apps on IIS — by Ross Patterson — last modified Oct 30, 2012 07:27 PM

iiswsgi provides a WSGI server providing a FCGI gateway to IIS and setup.py commands for distributing apps as WebPI packages

False Looking for Projects and/or a Team — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 09, 2012 10:16 PM

I'm available for work and am interested in contract/consultant projects or a position with a team.

False Plone lands on IIS! — by Ross Patterson — last modified Oct 30, 2012 07:08 PM

Help me test a new GUI Plone install on Windows and IIS.

False Sea Sprint 2012 Report-Out — by Ross Patterson — last modified Sep 26, 2012 09:00 PM

A Python snob's adventures in JS testing land.

False Python Web Apps on IIS — by Ross Patterson — last modified Mar 11, 2016 11:03 PM

Can Plone work better on Windows? I have a working proof-of-concept with Web Platform Installer, Web Matrix and IIS Express that may improve Plone's installation story. Help me get it out the door.

False Cioppino Sprint 2012 — by Ross Patterson — last modified Mar 16, 2012 11:52 PM

I'm so glad this Bodega Bay, CA sprint is becoming a tradition

False Plone Sprints East — by Ross Patterson — last modified Mar 17, 2012 12:00 AM

I'm going to Plone Sprints East, a sprints event with a symposium thrown in for flavoring.

False PyCon 2012 Sprints — by Ross Patterson — last modified Mar 16, 2012 11:27 PM

Sprinting after PyCon and my first time working with and contributing to Pyramid.

False PyCon 2012 Talks — by Ross Patterson — last modified Aug 12, 2016 07:33 PM

A bit about my experience at my first PyCon and the talks.

False Building Python with Subversion 1.7 — by Ross Patterson — last modified Mar 13, 2012 03:04 AM

I ran into a problem when trying to build Python from source after upgrading SVN.

False Buildout Performance Improvements — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jan 27, 2012 07:08 PM

Getting a 6-7 fold decrease in zc.buildout run times.

False experimental.broken — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 07, 2011 08:54 AM

Graceful handling of broken interfaces and components in the ZODB.

False Making easy_install play nicely with multi-arch — by Ross Patterson — last modified Oct 26, 2011 10:08 PM

How to help extensions built with easy_install find Debian/Ubuntu multi-arch libraries.

False $300 Ticket for Plone Conference 2011 — by Ross Patterson — last modified Oct 05, 2011 10:17 PM

My old boss has a ticket to Plone Conference 2011 that he can't use afterall.

False Centralized Git-SVN mirror — by Ross Patterson — last modified Sep 13, 2011 01:14 AM

For those of us using lots of "git svn clone"s, is any sort of central mirror worth it?

False Ratpoison is Dead, Long Live StumpWM — by Ross Patterson — last modified Sep 12, 2011 08:16 AM

Replacing ratpoison with StumpWM.

False Grab Bag of git/svn stuff — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jul 26, 2011 06:14 AM

Using gitify to pretend everyone has already switched

False Using Functional Tests for Profiling — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jul 26, 2011 05:48 AM

Use your functional tests with zope.testing/zope.testrunner to do easier profiling.

False Ratpoison under Gnome — by Ross Patterson — last modified Mar 13, 2011 07:57 AM

Configuring ratpoison as Gnome's window manager preserving all the Gnome goodness.

False Cioppino Sprint — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jun 13, 2011 05:29 PM

I'm back home after the west coast sprint formerly known as the Tahoe sprint, plone.net is now on plone.org, and I can spell Cioppino without looking it up.

False Migrating a blobstorage — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 02, 2010 12:44 AM

Addressing the "ZODB.blob WARNING (PID) The `lawn` blob directory layout is deprecated due to scalability issues on some file systems, please consider migrating to the `bushy` layout." warnings.

False Trying out Chameleon — by Ross Patterson — last modified Oct 08, 2010 01:37 AM

My experiences with Chameleon, testing compatibility and z3c.form

False Does the Tool Really Deserve the Credit? — by Ross Patterson — last modified Aug 17, 2010 02:26 AM

When we rave about a tool being superior because we used it to solve a given problem, is it really the tool or the familiarity with the problem we gained in learning to use the tool?

False Dogfood Dinner Bell — by admin — last modified Apr 02, 2010 06:02 AM

It's that time again to upgrade my Blog to the latest Plone.

False TTW Dexterity Vocabularies — by Ross Patterson — last modified Mar 19, 2010 08:16 PM

First report from the Tahoe Sprint working on user-enterable vocabularies in the schema editory.

False AT Relation Field — by Ross Patterson — last modified Mar 19, 2010 08:17 PM

Working with David Brennan on two-way references and relationships between Archetypes and Dexterity.

False collective.formcriteria folder_contents — by Ross Patterson — last modified Aug 23, 2009 06:21 PM

Managing content with collections

False collective.gsqi — by Ross Patterson — last modified Aug 23, 2009 05:41 PM

A grab bag of patches to GS and portal_quickinstaller

False collective.contemplate — by Ross Patterson — last modified Aug 24, 2009 12:16 AM

Add content from existing content templates

False testbrowser Patches — by Ross Patterson — last modified Aug 23, 2009 10:12 PM

collective.testcaselayer 1.2 includes some patches for functional browser testing

False GSML — by Ross Patterson — last modified Aug 23, 2009 05:56 PM

GenericSetup import hadlers ala ZCML directive handlers

False GPG Key Transition — by Ross Patterson — last modified Aug 03, 2009 09:06 PM

I'm now using a new and more secure OpenPGP key

False LDAP, Certificates and Buildout, oh my! — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jul 19, 2009 04:41 AM

Bringing LDAP and SSL/SASL/TLS certificates into the buildout fold

False Stagger supervisord — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jun 04, 2009 09:27 AM

Poor man's supervisor program startup delay

False bbdb.gmailfilter — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jun 04, 2009 09:24 AM

GMail filters from emacs BBDB

False collective.formcriteria — by Ross Patterson — last modified Mar 07, 2009 06:48 AM

Ready for beta testers!

False Bristol Performance Sprint Post-Mortem — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jan 08, 2009 07:21 AM

Functional benchmarking plus buildbot

False Plone 4 Framework Team — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jan 18, 2009 09:17 PM

Why I'm excited to have been selected

False Emacs tips: Navigate CamelCase — by Ross Patterson — last modified Sep 09, 2012 09:00 PM

M-f, M-b, M-d, <M-backspace> over camelCase!

False Functional Benchmarking Accessibility — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jan 08, 2009 06:55 AM

More progress on load test benchmarking

False At the Plone Performance Sprint — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 12, 2008 09:24 AM

In Bristol helping make Plone go faster

False New membrane and remember Maintainer — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 03, 2008 03:04 AM

Rob Miller announced today that I'll be the new maintainer

False collective.securitycleanup — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 01, 2008 07:27 PM

GenericSetup handlers to restore Zope security to defaults

False Evaluating Add-Ons — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 01, 2008 08:54 PM

What is the risk of adding a given dependency?

False Balancing DRY and Readability — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 25, 2008 07:31 PM

Some complexity belongs in your editor/IDE

False Community Introspection — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 22, 2008 04:16 AM

Same risks and rewards as for the individual

False Nonprofit Software Development Summit — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 21, 2008 06:35 AM

3 brilliant days with cracked out LAMP folks

False Running Tests in Egg Buildouts — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 15, 2008 05:28 AM

A quick note about a gotcha with plone.recipe.zope2instance.ctl

False collective.slideshowfolder — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 15, 2008 05:35 AM

Somtimes useful extensions to Products.slideshowfolder

False collective.redirect — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 12, 2008 05:56 AM

Administer redirects to internal or external URLs using Link like content

False My Borrowed World Plone Day — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 08, 2008 07:44 PM

How I crashed Donna Snow's presentation

False Cloud Busting — by Ross Patterson — last modified Oct 23, 2008 07:58 AM

What does it mean to be a good cloud citizen?

False Fine-Grained PM on Small Projects — by Ross Patterson — last modified Oct 03, 2008 09:04 PM

Increasing control while reducing project management costs

False Testbrowser Redirects with Fragments — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:04 AM

Using zope.testbrowser when a redirect URL includes a fragment

False Re-using SSH Connections — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jul 26, 2008 09:25 AM

Automatic master SSH connections for sharing and multiplexing

False Spaces in User Names and psvn.el — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jul 25, 2008 07:43 PM

Handling SVN user names with spaces in emacs' svn-status.

False Strange Critters — by admin — last modified Jun 30, 2008 06:30 AM

A few strange critters I ran into hiking

False Foxglove — by admin — last modified Jun 30, 2008 07:09 AM

White foxglove from East Ridge Road in Big Basin.

False Eagle Rock View — by admin — last modified Jun 30, 2008 06:33 AM

Faux panoramic from Eagle Rock in Little Basin

False Adding testbrowser Form Inputs — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:04 AM

Mock dynamic form inputs with zope.testbrowser

False Aerobie AeroPress — by Ross Patterson — last modified May 25, 2008 05:07 AM

Who knew the best coffee maker would come from a toy company?

False Buildout - One Zope2 Build — by Ross Patterson — last modified May 25, 2008 03:33 AM

I can share one Zope2 build between all buildouts

False collective.formcriteria — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jun 30, 2008 06:59 AM

User enterable search criteria forms for collections/topic/smart folders.

False collective.testcaselayer — by Ross Patterson — last modified May 24, 2008 08:22 AM

Use test cases as zope.testing layers

False Products.PDBDebugMode Egg — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:04 AM

I've eggified my post_mortem debugging tool

False Debugging with MockMailHost — by Ross Patterson — last modified May 12, 2008 08:16 PM

Using the mock MailHost on a real instance

False rpatterson.mailsync — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jun 30, 2008 07:00 AM

OfflineIMAP, mswatch, and Gnus integration for realtime mail

False z3c.persistentfactory — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:06 AM

Persistent instance method ZCA factories

False Hotel internet on Ubuntu — by Ross Patterson — last modified Feb 11, 2008 07:22 AM

TCP window scaling and broken routers

False Is python-openid 2.0.2 broken — by Ross Patterson — last modified Feb 11, 2008 07:22 AM

an upgrade broke openid login

False ZopeTestCase and packages — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:06 AM

Please put ZopeTestCase out of my misery

False Emacs, pdb, and zip_safe eggs — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:06 AM

restoring pdbtrack grace to zipped eggs

False Screen Sessions at Boot — by Ross Patterson — last modified Feb 11, 2008 07:22 AM

start screen sessions during init

False RSS Comments — by Ross Patterson — last modified Feb 11, 2008 07:22 AM

an OOTB substitute for email notification

False Site-Wide Spell-Checking — by Ross Patterson — last modified Feb 11, 2008 07:22 AM

spell-checking web spiders

False Installing Add-Ons TTW — by Ross Patterson — last modified Feb 11, 2008 07:22 AM

point-and-click installation of Plone extensions

False Plone 3 RSS — by Ross Patterson — last modified Feb 11, 2008 07:22 AM

modifying the RSS output

False About this Site — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jan 31, 2008 03:23 AM

the why and how of building this site

False z3c.recipe.subprocess — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:07 AM

manage daemons and other processes

False z3c.gibberish — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:07 AM

CSV files of random dictionary words

False Plone.tv — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jan 26, 2008 04:31 AM

2007-present: A Plone video sharing site

False z3c.recipe.ldap — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:07 AM

deploy an OpenLDAP server

False JMeter — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 29, 2007 10:33 PM

2007: Functional load testing with JMeter

False repoze — by Ross Patterson — last modified Feb 11, 2008 07:22 AM

exploring repoze deployments

False zc.buildout — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 10:21 AM

Contributed fixes

False Products.CMFPlacefulWorkflow — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 07:41 AM

GenericSetup export and import handlers

False Dimensional Insight — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jan 26, 2008 04:31 AM

2007-present: A public company site

False S3/SimpleDB ZODB — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:07 AM

exploring Amazon S3/SimpleDB ZODB storage

False ZEO on EC2 — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:07 AM

exploring elastic Amazon EC2 ZEO clusters

False z3c.recipe.egg — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:08 AM

working with source distributions

False Undisclosed Startup — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 29, 2007 08:32 PM

2007-present: A clearinghouse for certain online information

False z3c.repoexternals — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 07:27 AM

Generate svn:externals from trunks in a repository

False z3c.offlinepack — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:09 AM

pack a ZODB without running Zope

False grouparchy.setuptools — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 06:28 AM

A setup command for uploading a release to SVN

False zc.buildout — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 28, 2007 07:37 AM

2007: making buildouts and developing recipes

False grouparchy.testing — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:07 AM

re-use ZODBs for expensive test fixtures

False grouparchy.login — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jan 29, 2008 08:50 AM

flexible login, login steps, and single URL login

False grouparchy.index.provider — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:09 AM

index provided interfaces

False grouparchy.porter — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:09 AM

zope.formlib for large data sets

False z3c.componentdebug — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:09 AM

verbose ComponentLookupErrors

False grouparchy.schema — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:09 AM

zope.schema field events and directlyProvided fields

False Humanities Research Network — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 28, 2007 07:34 AM

2007: A research collaboration portal

False Jazkarta — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jan 02, 2008 08:27 AM

2007-present: general Plone development and consulting

False Products.sharedusers — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jan 29, 2008 08:44 AM

share member across portals

False Internal Services Catalog — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 04:41 AM

2007: A quick zope.formlib Plone project

False Zope 3 — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 10:26 AM

Contributed various fixes and features

False Products.cygwinpatch — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:09 AM

Zope under cygwin

False grouparchy — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jan 29, 2008 08:43 AM

community group semantics

False The Groupery — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 04:20 AM

2006-2007: social networking and online payments for schools

False Products.remember — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 07:41 AM

Contributed the CMFMember to remember migration path and other patches

False Products.personalities — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 07:41 AM

Remember extensions including a confirmation member type

False Products.contentmigration — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 07:41 AM

Contributed extensions including in-place migration

False Products.UTopic — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 07:41 AM

Extensions to ATContentTypes ATTopic including selectable sort, filtering, and saved searches

False Products.SkinDiffs — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 07:41 AM

A CMF product that helps maintain customized skin objects by generating diffs between skin objects

False Products.PortalTabMenus — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 07:41 AM

Pure CSS nested menus of arbitrary depth from site structure and CMF actions

False Six Feet Up, Inc. — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jan 02, 2008 08:27 AM

2006: Six Feet Up, Inc. joined the OERCommons team

False Products.PortletImage — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 07:41 AM

A simple image link portlet

False Graduate Theological Union — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 04:35 AM

2006: A simple public site for a university

False glassCanopy — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 28, 2007 07:41 AM

2007: Brief consulting on an existing project

False Products.ControllerDuplicates — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 07:40 AM

Prevent duplicate submission of CMFFormController forms

False Products.PDBDebugMode — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 03:09 AM

postmortem debugging of Zope exceptions

False Zope 2 — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 09:15 AM

Contributed various fixes

False Plone — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 01:21 AM

Contributed various fixes

False Products.Tags — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 07:42 AM

A tagging implementation where tags are weighted by the number of members who applied them

False Products.Submissions — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 07:41 AM

A framework for member submission content types such as reviews and ratings

False Products.Lenses — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 07:42 AM

Provide varied user experiences from the same portal

False The Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jan 02, 2008 08:28 AM

2005-2006: Start the Hewlett funded OERCommons project

False OERCommons — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 12:49 AM

2005-2006: A clearinghouse for metadata related to open educational content

False LabCollectorNG — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 12:49 AM

2005: PCNG modified for testing lab sample-tracking

False Gadoz, Inc. — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 28, 2007 07:41 AM

2005: Software architect at this Plone development startup

False ZEO Hosting Infrastructure — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 12:49 AM

2005: A pre-buildout, makefile based, ZEO deployment and hosting infrastructure

False Zope 3 — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 05:14 AM

2005: ZCA, Zope 3 core, Five, zc.relation, etc.

False Plone — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 05:14 AM

2001: CMF, Archetypes, remember, etc.

False UC Santa Cruz — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 28, 2007 07:42 AM

1994-2005: Earned a BA and worked with various departments

False Zope 2 — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 05:14 AM

1999: ZEO, ZCtatalog, GenericSetup, etc.

False Python — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 07:27 AM

1999: core language and library, pdb, setuptools, etc.

False XHTML — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 05:14 AM

1999: CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, DOM, XSLT, Xpath, etc.

False Emacs — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 05:15 AM

1999: elisp, org-mode, gnus, python-mode, psvn, etc.

False SCM — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 05:15 AM

1999: svn, bzr, git, cvs

False Products.CMFCapitalProjects — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 07:42 AM

1999-2005: A construction project management application

False Hosting — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 05:15 AM

1999: Apache 2, Squid, Varnish, Pound, LDAP, etc.

False *NIX — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 05:15 AM

1999: CMMI, make, shell, grep, ssh, VPN, etc.

False Products.InstanceSchema — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 07:42 AM

Per-object, TTW editable Archetypes schemata

False Products.QuickLists — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 07:42 AM

Content listing controls and macros

False Products.InheritanceUtils — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 07:42 AM

Utilities for inspecting class heirarchy

False Products.ReservedTypes — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 21, 2007 07:42 AM

Control singleton content objects in folders

False Lisp — by Ross Patterson — last modified Feb 11, 2008 07:22 AM

I'd love to study Lisp

False Toshiba Satellite U205 Laptop - $90 OBO — by Ross Patterson — last modified Aug 28, 2013 01:24 AM

A fairly powerful laptop with a battery that doesn't hold much of a charge.

False Adaptec SCSI RAID 64 bit PCI card - $5 — by Ross Patterson — last modified Aug 28, 2013 12:10 AM

False Compressor, 150 PSI, 2 HP, 8 gal with pneumatic tool kit - Unused - $225 OBO — by Ross Patterson — last modified Apr 16, 2012 09:34 PM

A Porter Cable 150 PSI, 2 horse power, 8 gallon with a complete pneumatic tool kit.

False Belt Sander - $20 OBO — by Ross Patterson — last modified Apr 16, 2012 09:34 PM

Black & Decker belt sander.

False Org-mode Rocks! — by Ross Patterson — last modified Nov 23, 2008 08:50 AM

How I use org-mode and some of my extensions

False Buy-in, Stakeholders, Enthusiasm — by Ross Patterson — last modified Jan 08, 2009 08:31 AM

False Lenovo U110 Laptop - $90 OBO — by Ross Patterson — last modified Aug 28, 2013 01:33 AM

Small but powerful laptop with two batteries and a broken trackpad.

False HP 2133 Mini-Note - $90 OBO — by Ross Patterson — last modified Aug 27, 2013 11:57 PM

A very small netbook, very portable.

False Are Catalogs the Right Solution? — by Ross Patterson — last modified Dec 03, 2008 03:21 AM

Effectively supporting indexed operations in a software ecosystem