Ubuntu – Fisher Price OS
I wish I could take credit for this image because I’ve wanted to do something like this for a while. The creator and some other OS images can be found at Best Techie forums.
Archive for November, 2008
How Could I Forget – Pony Power!!
I heard about this at PyCon during the Django talk. Its pink, fluffy, goodness – Pony Power!!!
Python’s BaseHTTPServer a Nagios Replacement
I’ve only just noticed this and I’ve been coding Python for a couple of years now. I’m talking about BaseHTTPServer. Now why I’m mentioning Nagios too is this: the library works on all OS’s (the ones that matter) and it can perform system commands before returning the output to the user as a simple HTTP [...]
Agile Programming
I think a lot of places think this is what agile programming is.
Updated: Free SVN hosting Services
I’ve done a full revamp and update of my previous article highlighting free SVN and project hosting services. As well as including a fancy table to help decide which is best for you/your team. Get it here: Free SVN Hosting.
Top 10 Project Killers
1. Excessive Promises – Often made without developer input or consultation. Promises of insane levels of functionality will only seek to burden the project with unnecessary tasks. Example: Sales: You want a Titanium Rocket Car with your project??? Customer: Errm…well no…erm… Sales: You can have it!!! …later… Sales: We need a Titanium Rocket Car!! Programmer: [...]
Best Gem Author Name: Mike Mondragon
Just yesterday I was reading about Dracula, Romanian language, Vlad the Impaler, Transylvania, etc. As you do of a Sunday evening. Then by sheer coincidence I come across Mike Mondragon who is the maintainer of MMS2R – a mobile phone MMS library for Ruby. Mike Mondragon – clearly the best name on RubyForge. I salute [...]
New gem released – Newgem
I’ve no idea what this is but its a rubbish name and a new release has been made. I think it has something to do with GEMS? Never mind. Go them: http://rubyforge.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=27856 Oh – I think its 0.2.9.
