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Posted in: Python, Software development  —  12 February 2010
I discovered hgview, a really great replacement for hgk.
Posted in: Python, Software development  —  12 February 2010
How can I get the Mercurial Eclipse plugin to just recognise an existing folder as a Mercurial repository?
Posted in: KDE, Linux  —  11 February 2010
Complete fail for KDE-PIM/Linux/msynctool and Blackberry Curve.
Posted in: Django, Python  —  2 January 2010
How I set up Eclipse to work with an existing project using virtualenv
Posted in: Django, Haskell, Python, Web development  —  9 November 2009
Based on my recent Haskell experience, I highlight some cases where I think static type checks provide a better testing mechanism than unit tests or other automated tests.
Posted in: Haskell, Web development  —  7 November 2009
I finally finished a non-trivial Haskell project!
Posted in: Haskell  —  4 November 2009
The title is ironic...
Posted in: KDE  —  23 September 2009
In short: don't touch my data with alpha-quality software like Akonadi, and start working on things people actually want instead of grandiose schemes that have failed.
Posted in: Haskell  —  3 August 2009
This is my suggestion about what needs to go into the Haskell Platform...
Posted in: Linux, Python, Software development  —  15 July 2009
A lot of discussion recently has missed the point: the big question is whether the terms of any software licence are really relevant to dynamic languages...
Posted in: Haskell, Web development  —  4 July 2009
Is this a bizarre GHC bug? Or a bug in me?
Posted in: KDE, Music, Rants  —  23 April 2009
Amarok 2 is not my favourite application at the moment...
Posted in: Blogging and bloggers, Personal and misc, Python  —  18 March 2009
I've blogged before about using trac as a personal wiki, now I've found I can use Emacs as my editor and trac browser it's even better...
Posted in: Django, Python, Web development  —  3 March 2009
A review of "Django 1.0 Template Development" by Scott Newman, from Packt Publishing.
Posted in: Django, Python, Web development  —  22 January 2009
An article from Django 1.0 Template Development by Scott Newman, about how to output a document in multiple formats/styles using Django templates.
Posted in: Haskell  —  21 November 2008
I need some help! I did someone a good deed on a blog the other day, so I'm swallowing my pride and asking for a random kind deed from someone who knows something...
Posted in: Django, Haskell, Web development  —  4 November 2008
Beginnings of a Django-inspired Haskell web framework, Ella.
Posted in: Haskell  —  4 August 2008
Haskell API documentation is very lacking for newbies. For instance, I want to understand how to do create and use regexes...
Posted in: Django, Python, Software development  —  31 July 2008
A simple way to use Mercurial Queues in a Subversion working directory to manage patches before committing to Subversion.
Posted in: Haskell  —  30 July 2008
Haskell Regex replace, anyone?