#12 Python 3

[Gerard Vignes]

need to update code base to Python 3; this app was always intended to run under Python 3, thus it was developed initially using Python 2.6, which provides an easier transition;

[Gerard Vignes]

used 2to3 to attempt an automatic port; the library used for http gets has changed slightly, and the resulting code does not work; i am trying to figure out how to handle this;