code: def gridLog(**kw):
      
      import os
  
      if not bool( int(os.environ.get('GRIDLOG_ON', 0)) ):
          return
  
      url = os.environ.get('GRIDLOG_DEST')
      if url is None: 
          return
  
      ## NOTE: urlparse problem w/customized schemes 
      try:
          scheme = url[:url.find('://')]
          send = GLRegistry[scheme]
          send( url, str(GLRecord(**kw)), )
      except Exception, ex:
          print >>sys.stderr, "*** gridLog failed -- %s" %(str(kw))
docs: Send GLRecord, Distributed Logging Utilities
      If the scheme is passed as a keyword parameter
      the value is expected to be a callable function
      that takes 2 parameters: url, outputStr
  
      GRIDLOG_ON   -- turn grid logging on
      GRIDLOG_DEST -- provide URL destination