In terms of the data for these assignments, they can either be served

from the same server as the assignments, or I have a global copy at

http://python-data.dr-chuck.net/

This server is hosted and updated, and sits behind a Content-Data-Network

so it should scale and be fast with a lage number of uses and be responsive

most of the places in the world.

To get the local serving to work, depending on your hosting provider,

change the file data/data_util.php and change the global variables:

// Global Configuration Options

// $GLOBAL_PYTHON_DATA_URL = false; // To serve locally

$GLOBAL_PYTHON_DATA_URL = 'http://python-data.dr-chuck.net/';

// $GLOBAL_PYTHON_DATA_REMOVE_HTTPS = true; // To map data urls to http:

$GLOBAL_PYTHON_DATA_REMOVE_HTTPS = false;

To sereve locally, depending on your hosting provider, you may need to

to tweak the data/.htaccess file to make sure that all URLs make it to

index.php:

# FallbackResource index.php

# Turn rewriting on

Options +FollowSymLinks

# Redirect requests to index.php

# RewriteBase /

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule .* index.php

Header set Cache-Control "max-age=604800, public"

The above (default version) of the file works OK locally in MAMP, but

you might need to set the RewriteBase on some hosting environments.

You also might want to turn caching on or off (also see data/index.php)

to adjust performance if you are using a CDN.

Names from:

The Most Popular Names in Scotland, 2007 - Detailed Tables

http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files/statistics/pop-names-07-t4.csv

Via:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1452003/plain-computer-parseable-lists-of-common-first-names