Simple Parsing Script
A simple script to parse plain text files (in this case pipe-delimited), then write the rows to a table. Take a look at the sample text file - the fields in the first row should match the column head ... Read more
2009-04-04
PyCon 2009 Wrap-Up
I was a little nervous about going - with less than a year of Python under my belt, I still feel like a relative newbie. And the last few months of my life have been dominated by PHP (hey, that's wha ... Read more
2009-04-01
Happy (belated) Ada Lovelace Day
Whoa, look at the date on that last post. A lot has changed since then - I went back to work in a PHP shop, all the while intending to keep doing Python/Django on the side, but I haven't been able to ... Read more
2009-03-25
The ubiquity of vi
Whenever a conversation about tools comes up, I find myself, inevitably, putting on a sheepish grin and confessing that yes, in fact, I am a vi user. And I'll be honest - in my early days as a deve ... Read more
2008-12-01
Quick and dirty "what I'm reading" plugin
(Note: that partner id in the absolute_url below is mine. I won't object if you want to use it, but you might be better off signing up for your own: Powells.com Partner Program) The model: cl ... Read more
2008-11-22
Just a little round-up to remind you I'm alive
I've been head-down, fingers flying, banging away on a top-secret project for the past few weeks, so I haven't really had anything new and revolutionary to post about. But Eric says we should all ... Read more
2008-11-20
Git on Mac OS X
Okay, forget what I just said about svn on OS X. This week, I'm moving one of my projects into a private repo on github. Why? Well, obviously because it's the new hotness. Because all the kids are ... Read more
2008-11-18
Taking the ugly out of Django comments
Django comments are pretty easy to implement - most of what you need to get access to the app and template tags is covered in the documentation: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/com ... Read more
2008-11-07