Sys Admin Magazine Calls for Papers

Have you used Python to improve your life as a system administrator? (Yes, even system administrators are supposed to have lives). If so then Sys Admin magazine would like you to write an article., and this year's December issue has scripting as its theme. The required lead time for print publications is longer than you might anticipate - see their editorial calendar, and you should also check their author guidelines - so we are publishing this notice early enough to allow plenty of time for planning and writing. Let's see lots of Python articles in that issue. Fame and fortune await you, not to mention the gratitude of your fellow Pythonistas! We understand that the magazine does pay for published articles, but you should agree payment terms and amount with them in advance.

PSF Projects for the Summer of Code

Google has announced the list of accepted students in the 2007 Summer of Code and the Python Software Foundation will be mentoring 34 projects. Thank you to everyone who applied and congratulations to the successful students. In addition to the PSF, numerous other mentoring organization are running Python-related projects.

Thanks to James Tauber for coordinating the selection process for the PSF, and to all of the other mentors who assessed and ranked projects. Greg Wilson has created a page listing all projects from all participating organizations.