OS X Leopard comes with Python 2.5.1 and lacks the PIL package for image manipulation. Google App Engine's local SDK uses PIL to emulate its image manipulation features. The instructions on Google's installation page for PIL are incorrect. To install PIL, follow these instructions by Matt Kangas instead. (Thanks, Matt!) The only thing I'd add [...]

Plagued with random Bus Errors in Python on my Tiger install, and wanting to upgrade to Python 2.5.1 (as Python 2.5 is not supported by Google App Engine and the SDK has errors in it that won't be fixed), I decided to upgrade to Leopard again. I had initially upgraded right after Leopard was released, [...]

John Grden just forwarded me an email form John Olsen (thanks guys) alerting me that Apple has reportedly released a fix for the keyboard freezing issue in Leopard. That's good news but, to tell you the truth, I'm going to wait a couple of months at least before even considering giving Leopard another shot. See, the [...]

<rant> Dear Apple, I have a Macbook Pro. It's your hardware. Unmodified. As shipped from your factory. I also recently bought your operating system upgrade for OS X Leopard. The only problem is that since I upgraded to Leopard, I can't use my keyboard without it freezing every few minutes. Yeah, that does suck. In fact, it [...]