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How Python Decorators Work

KingOfThisHereBlog — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:47:43 +0000

The more I use StackOverflow the more I love it. Its rammed full of gems like this: Understanding Python Decorators.

In answer to a users question about how decorators work, e-satis has gone way beyond the call of duty and written a full blown tutorial complete with exercises. Its by far the best explanation of Python decorators I’ve ever come across.

Well worth a look.

Halloween Python

KingOfThisHereBlog — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:42:11 +0000

Seems fitting for today. Credit to rkem’s wife via Reddit.

1955-2011 Steve Jobs

KingOfThisHereBlog — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:30:29 +0000

HTML5 – Browser Ability

KingOfThisHereBlog — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:54:27 +0000

Doing a quick test of the major browsers (on OSX Snow Leopard) and of the 160 HTML5 features tested these are the scores:

Chrome 5.0.342.9b	137
Safari 4.0.5	113	(this is the score I got on Chrome Windows which suggests an older version of Webkit)
Opera 10.10	38	(I expected much better from Opera as they’re normally very quick to implement)
Firefox 3.6.3	31
IE8	19

Well that’s a bunch of fascinating numbers. I think we can take away from that a simple fact: Internet Explorer is shit.

Test your browser with HTML5Test

Django CMS

KingOfThisHereBlog — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:27:19 +0000

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 political post so here’s a quick summary of the important points about the new Django CMS project:

BSD License
Hosted on GitHub
Original name: Django CMS
Features Summary:
- Publishing workflow
- Versioning
- Multilanguage
- Application architecture – similar to Joomla Components & Modules
- Media management
- SEO friendly
- Flexible plugin architecture

All in all it looks promising so give it a go. I’m planning on setting up a few sites using it as I need something quick and dirty to use but also the ability to extend it. Being a young project this should be pretty easy. Django CMS

Seskelohots is Lonely

KingOfThisHereBlog — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:27:07 +0000

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 lonely racoons I mentioned that’s currently lost in Yorkshire.

Is this Seskelohot?

Here:
Hug Seskelohot

New Mac, Wii and DS

KingOfThisHereBlog — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:53:46 +0000

I’ve not been posting in a while as I received a new Wii, DS and Mac over the Christmas period which has kept me very busy – thats on top of working all the hours god sends!

I’m not rich – nor is my family. There was a windfall that enabled presents to be bought and so here I am. Very grateful and happy.

The Mac is bedding in nicely – although I’ve spent more time blogging with it than coding so far. That maybe a sign of things to come as I am considering moving this blog to a new home and changing name. I don’t see myself posting as much dev related stuff in the future. Watch this space.

The Mac is SO quiet and refined – its damn refreshing to use. Aluminium unibody case and the little mag power cable is wicked.

AbeBooks UK: Another Netvibes Plugin

KingOfThisHereBlog — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:32:28 +0000

I’m loving the Netvibes plugins at the moment and I produced a second one today. This time I’ve decided to have the body of it as static HTML rather than generating it using the included widget API. It seems to start faster as a result.

The widget is simply a search box for finding cheap books at the Advanced Book Exchange. If you’re a book worm you’ll love the site. Its had millions (seriously) of rare, used and new books from across the world.

Wicked stuff.

You can view the widget in all its splendour here.

I’m a Ninja

KingOfThisHereBlog — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:21:39 +0000

True fax. Pirates are rubbish.

Keeping Fit

KingOfThisHereBlog — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:37:06 +0000

I wasn’t going to post anything about my new blog here because its on a completely different subject. However, after reading the guy at Piece of Py posted about his fitness programme I thought I may as well too!

So apologies if you want something tech related – today is about fitness and health. So stop reading and go away if you’re not interested.

Still here? Wicked stuff. I have a training blog which I’m using to keep track of my progress and stay motivated. I’ve learnt a lot and my programme is up for all to see. Maybe some desk jockeys and keyboard warriorswould like to follow along in the New Year?

Straw Training