Upgraded to WordPress 2.0.7 tonight. As usual, it was a snap.

Back in August I linked to a story about the possibility of external video cards. Now it looks like Asus is demo’ing one at CES.

Want to download videos from YouTube? Check out youtube-dl. It’s written in Python, so it should run on any platform.

Related: YouTube API

Now this looks interesting…

Twill is a simple language that allows users to browse the Web from a command-line interface. With twill, you can navigate through Web sites that use forms, cookies, and most standard Web features.

The examples should be able to get you started.

David Mertz takes a look at Python decorators:

With version 2.2, Python grew a custom metaclass mechanism that went a long way, but at the cost of melting users’ brains. More recently, with version 2.4, Python has grown “decorators,” which are the newest — and by far the most user-friendly way, so far — to perform most metaprogramming.

Not for beginners, but definitely worth checking out.

Yay for 2007!

Update: Yes, I’m still alive. More frequent posting will resume later this week.