OS X Lion upgrade awesome but broke my python dev environment

OS X Lion brought some substantial improvements but required pretty much my entire development environment to be rebuilt.  Python got upgraded to 2.7 and required all of my modules to be reinstalled.  Apache wouldn't start because mod_fastcgi isn't provided for Lion.  XCode had to have the new version reinstalled and then the command line tools package installed to get gcc back.  I wish I would have known this before upgrading so that I was prepared.  It's well worth the upgrade and the inconveniences that come with it but just beware that your system will definitely require some additional setup after upgrading.

Google Chrome Performance Issues on OS X Snow Leopard

Lately I've been using Opera because Chrome had gotten ungodly slow leaving me scratching my head since it used to be blazing fast.  Developing with a sluggish browser was a real pain in the ass but I finally got it back up to it's old speeds again; apparently when you run it in the developer mode used for extension development it's slow as hell.  I disabled some extensions that I no longer use and disabled developer mode and it's back to being awesome again.

Screw Skype4Py - Pony Up $5 and Get The SkypeKit for Python

My Skype4py post gets a lot of views even though it's minimally useful.  Skype4Py seems to have problems with 64-bit Python and really hasn't been actively maintained.

You're really better off spending the $5 to gain access to the Python SkypeKit SDK if you want to develop apps using Skype.  Read the API reference and the examples of how to place calls, send messages, etc and then register for an account ($5 one-time fee).

SkypeKit Python SDK reference
Register for Skype Developer Program

NEW - Checkout the Activestate Python Cookbook Recipes in my sidebar

I recently added a widget with recipes from Activestate's Python Cookbook site that I find really helpful.  It's one of the first places that I go when I need to do something that I've never done before (after Github of course).  Check them out as they're updated regularly (pulls from their RSS feed).