Thu Jan 26, 2012
Running Python With Apache on Windows
My day job has a Windows environment and avoids installing other OSes unless absolutely necessary. Windows is great on the desktop, but has many limitations when tasked with running a web site that relies heavily upon open source languages and products. Its limitations are front and center when trying to host a Python web application. Below are some of the gotchas that I’ve encountered and how I addressed the problem.
Tue Jan 24, 2012
2009 Jetta Sportwagen - Stuck Fuel Door
I went to fill up my car and was unable to get the fuel flap open. It’s one of the new, push in the flap to release the latch to cause it spring open. I wasn’t able to open it. The car needs to be unlocked to allow the latch to open. Unfortunately, it turns out that the fine folks over at VW could have put a bit more effort in to testing the mechanism because this is not always the case.
Mon Oct 10, 2011
Brewed By Us - A site for homebrewers
Once again there is a chill in the air. The winter brewing season is here! I’ve never been very good at keeping journals for my various hobbies. No woodworking project journal, bee journal is all voice recordings and blog posts, and brewing has previously been notes on the recipe paper. I’ve always been very good at taking notes and documenting software projects, but that is what I do for a living.
My brewing will get a bit more methodical thanks to BrewedByUs.com – a homebrewing site with recipes and journals. The site was brainstormed over pizza. Sadly, my workload prevented me from being able to help with the initial implementation, but Mark Lavin has done an amazing job laying the foundation. I’ve recently joined him to help with continued development. There are many great improvements planned and we’ve had a lot of good feedback from the many fellow homebrewers on Google Plus.
Thu Sep 08, 2011
Auto-enabling Textpattern Plugins
Upload plugin. View the code and help. Scroll. Click “submit”. Scroll. Click “No” to enable plugin. I’ve repeated this pattern way to often whenever I set up or update a Textpattern based site. No more.
Mon May 16, 2011
Welcome null!
Seems like Verizon needs to do a better job with checking data that is outputted on their website. Apparently, I no longer have a name.
