If you’re interested in Python but have never shown up to a Montréal Python session yet, you really should.
At Montréal Python 5, we saw some really cool presentations.
One of which was Alexandre Vassalotti’s talk on Porting to Python 3.0.

Alexandre Vassalotti
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Steak flambé
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I highly recommend dining at Le Champlain.
girl_tm and I were fortunate enough to get reservations for Valentine’s Day!
But perhaps that is because I’m a sucker for tableside service?
The filet mignon was very, very good.
So was everything else!

Vestacular
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Going to Macy’s
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girl_tm has returned from her globe-trotting adventure.
The first thing she said when she stepped outside?
“It’s not that bad.”

Buried cars
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This is what happens when you mix:
- four stuffed toys,
- three little kids,
- two sister startups,
- and a swiss ball in a big room.
I’m leaving in about an hour for Toronto and will be there until 28 Dec. Torontonian friends, I’d love to see you again.
girl_tm and I are also leaving for Paris on 29 Dec until 2 Jan. Parisian friends, I haven’t seen you in a very long time and it’d be lovely to get in touch again.
To show how small the world is, we’ll be staying in a Parisian apartment, swapped with someone I met the night before he left Montréal for the City of Lights. And this apartment swap was arranged through the miracle of the Internet. For all of its scariness, it sure is helpful!

Janina Szkut
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Michelle Blanc
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Every year, the Kokoromi Collective throws a wild party.
A wild party involving video games!
GAMMA 3D was a wild ride of stereoscopic fun.
There were tons of people in 3D glasses.
It was like going to an old 3D drive-through.
An interactive 3D drive-through.
Without cars.
And if you own a pair, you can play too!
Download the games!

Red and cyan
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Double vision
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3D spectacles
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Fireflies
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Excitement
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Last week,
girl_tm and I were in Toronto.
To everyone we saw, it was so nice to see you again!
To everyone we missed, alas, we will have to arrange something next time.
It was the first time I threw a party with Flora.
It was amazing to have her friends and our friends meeting each other.
Plus, I got to meet Flora’s new beau.
I’d like to add that Vecchio Frak was very, very nice and very, very accommodating.
And the cocktails were pretty good too!
We shall return.

Rob, Aleece, and Flora
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I just bought one-sixteenth of a cow. Cows are pretty big, so there’s plenty of beef.
I conspired with
diluvienne to cook some of her share.
We made huge pots of boeuf bourguignon and beef chili. Our plan is to have some of it for lunch tomorrow.
I have no photos of this wild culinary excess. Instead, here is a picture of something completely different.

Crème brulée
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We’re having cocktails tonight, from 20:00, at Vecchio Frak.
If you’re in Toronto,
girl_tm and I would love to see you!
Let us know that you’re coming: here or on Facebook
or
The curious mind of Nicole Picard.
Take Off Your Clothes is a clothing swap held twice every summer at the Piknic Électronik.
You bring used items of clothing and get to swap them with other fashionable clothes and accessories, one for one. Designers also donate clothes to the project, so there’s always something interesting in the racks.
Join the Facebook group to get invited to the next one.



















