PLEAC Python

April 1st, 2008

The PLEAC Python page is interesting:

Following the Perl Cookbook (by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington, published by O’Reilly) spirit, the PLEAC Project aims to gather fans of programming, in order to implement the solutions in other programming languages.

There are PLEAC pages for quite a few other languages as well.

WordPress 2.5 upgrade

April 1st, 2008

Upgraded to WordPress 2.5 today. New admin interface and lots of internal changes. w00t!

Social Networking in Plain English

March 5th, 2008

Link via the CrowdVine blog

Don’t use mod_python

February 27th, 2008

The peeps in #python.web have put together a list of reasons why you should not use mod_python.

FWIW, I’ve tried both Apache/mod_python and Lighttpd/SCGI, and found mod_python to be rather a pain to configure and maintain.

RIP chicagocrime.org

February 25th, 2008

This happened about a month ago, but somehow I missed it. Adrian posted some info about his (now dead) Chicago Crime website:

It’s with mixed feelings that I announce the end of one of my projects, chicagocrime.org. This site has been serving Chicago residents since May 2005. I hope you’ll indulge me in a brief retrospective.

The site used EC2 which automatically makes it leet in my eyes. Worth reading.

Uploading to Amazon S3 with Python

February 25th, 2008

Adrian Holovaty has a basic Amazon S3 uploader script written in Python. Wow that looks simple.

Venture Capital Term Sheets

February 25th, 2008

Recorded at Ignite Seattle 4.

Jeremy Zawodny’s list of S3 tools

February 24th, 2008

Quoth Jeremy:

In an effort to replace my home backup server with Amazon’s S3, I’ve been collecting a list of Amazon S3 compatible backup tools to look at. Here’s what I’ve discovered, followed by my requirements.

His List of Amazon S3 Backup Tools is a great place to start for those who are new to Amazon S3.

Python 2.5.2

February 22nd, 2008

Yay… Python 2.5.2 has been released:

This is the second bugfix release of Python 2.5. Python 2.5 is now in bugfix-only mode; no new features are being added. According to the release notes, over 100 bugs and patches have been addressed since Python 2.5.1, many of them improving the stability of the interpreter, and improving its portability.

Enjoy.

The Black Hat Tax

February 19th, 2008

Auren Hoffman discusses James Currier’s idea of the inherent Black Hat Tax built into most web-based businesses.

Interesting concept.