- ARCHIVE / May, 2009
- Snippet to load stuff quickly in the Django shell
Sometimes you end up testing out things a lot using the handy django shell, but every time you’ve got to repeat the same commands to load all the necessary models, utils etc. etc. In order to do this automatically, I thought you had to modify the django-admin.py file or something like that. Nope! Here’s a […]
- How to get the iPhone to stop automatic back ups
This is a problem that irritated me so many times – i’m so glad I found a solution now, thanks to this blog post. Basically the issue is that every time you link up your iPhone for syncing contacts or songs the whole damn application library gets backed up automatically. Which obviously takes longer and […]
- Python pitfall: Passing Mutable Objects as Default Args
I have a long and nested lists of parameters to throw out with a django template, but the visualization routine in the template processes them better if the parameters are ordered two by two. So I was trying to put together a simple function for reordering the original list accordingly. This is what I came […]
- Layer the web with Blerp!
I really dig the concept – but after playing with it for a little I think that the whole thing is still too convoluted (lots of forms to fill in, popups etc.). Ideally, I’d just like to go to a website and start off the discussion, using their terminology, annotate it. Anyways, definitely worth having […]
- The IBM glass engine
The IBM Glass Engine enables deep navigation of the music of Philip Glass. Personal interests, associations, and impulses guide the listener through an expanding selection of over sixty Glass works. Philip Morris Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American music composer. He is considered one of the most influential composers of the late-20th century […]
- Installing RDFlib on osX
RDFlib is a Python library for working with RDF, a simple yet powerful language for representing information. Installing it is easier than what you might think. I googled it and it seems that several people had problems (missing components mainly) with this.. but in my case it was easy-beasy (well you need to have easy-install): […]
- SoundManager 2 makes it easier to play sounds using Javascript
By wrapping and extending Flash 8’s sound API, SoundManager 2 brings solid audio functionality to Javascript. Basic API Features (Flash 8 ) Load, stop, play, pause, mute, seek, pan and volume control of sounds from Javascript Events: onload, whileloading, whileplaying, onfinish and more ID3V1 and ID3V2 tag support for MP3s (title, artist, genre etc.) Shiny […]
- Freedom of Press: is that asking too much?
An interesting study recently issued by the Freedom House (a non profit organization inspired by the ideals of democracy and freedom) positions Italy and another couple of unlucky countries at the bottom of the ladder. Well, kind of – we could say half-way up the ladder – but still quite alarmingly. New Study: Global Press […]
- A Sneak Preview of Wolfram Alpha
It’s the new brainchild of Stephen Wolfram, author of Mathematica. It does look impressive in my opinion – can’t wait to try it live (due to launch some time in may)! Defined as a Computational Knowledge Engine. It does an awful lot of number-crunching but looks more as a giant closed database than a distributed […]
Parerga und Paralipomena / At the core of all well-founded belief lies belief that is unfounded – Wittgenstein
