If there are issues in the future with launching ipython notebook when using Anaconda on a Mac and you receive a value error for utf-8, the solution is documented here by Aaron Meuer of Continuum:
http://conda.pydata.org/docs/troubleshooting.html#issue-valueerror-unknown-locale-utf-8-on-mac-os-x
If there are issues in the future with launching ipython notebook when using Anaconda on a Mac and you receive a value error for utf-8, the solution is documented here by Aaron Meuer of Continuum:
http://conda.pydata.org/docs/troubleshooting.html#issue-valueerror-unknown-locale-utf-8-on-mac-os-x