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Django CMS

Finally a Django CMS that looks stable and well built has been released at: http://www.django-cms.org. It’s sponsored by a Swiss compay which doesn’t bother me one bit (I love ….cheese and chocolate?) but the Americans seem obsessed with the idea of everything being American, tariff charges, protectionism, etc, etc, etc. Anyway – this isn’t a [...]

Seskelohots is Lonely

I have no idea who this is but they commented about 4 months ago claiming to be lonely. They need a hug. I’m the only one in this world. Can please someone join me in this life? Or maybe death – Seskelohots With no spammy links posted I can only assume its one of the [...]

Best Linux Filesystem?

The executive summary in my own words of which filesystem to pick if you’re wondering which is best. I’m avoiding jargon or anything overly technical. I also provide some made-up* graphs to help with quick decision making. Overview Ext2 – Old. Don’t bother. Ext3 – Lacking in performance though very solid and reliable with a [...]

Python’s Beards and Ruby’s ‘Cool’ Guys

I was having a chat on the MicroSoft Networks fancy comms protocol. Aka: MSN. Along came someone with an opinion. As is customary I shot it down with wild abandon!! The quickie backstory: I suggested Python is better than Ruby. They argued using two example pictures – see below. Rubyists I Said: The Ruby pic: [...]

Excellent Apache Log Analyser & Monitor

I’ve been looking up hill and down dale for a good (Python-based – fanboy!! Woo!!) log analyser and monitor for Apache. It looks like I’ve found one – and awesome it is too! wtop is by far the best I’ve come across of the options available and I’m not just saying that because its Python [...]

Google Phones/Android (incl. G1) ROMs

Great comparison table of all the custom Android ROMs at this site: http://www.simonwalkerphotos.com/android/android_build_information.asp

ASE Makes Android Development Pleasant

Having got myself a G1 phone a few weeks back I’ve been tinkering a lot. Mainly with the Android Scripting Environment that I plan on writing about soon but I thought I’d give a quick summary of what I’ve found so far on this platform – and why I don’t like it (kind of)! It [...]

Rails Conference Debacle

I’ve only just heard of this silly mess that occurred at the Golden Gate Ruby Conf and many people have already posted on this so I won’t bother wading in. But I thought I’d quickly say: Not impressed with Matt DHH or anyone else who considers it okay to display slides like that in a [...]

Mac Blogging Software …is rubbish?

You’d automatically think that an application you need to pay for would be better than a Firefox plugin. Unfortunately that’s not the case but it baffles me how no one else seems to realise this. For example take the array of Mac blogging apps out there: Ecto, MarsEdit, Blogo, MacJournal, etc, etc… Paid for applications [...]

Project Locker Project Hosting

It looks like a new service has entered the project hosting market – Project Locker. Its already crowded with 10 major SVN hosts but this one looks promising. It provides Git, SVN version control and Trac hosting too. The level of integration with other services seems quite impressive too. Their pricing model seems quite reasonable [...]