Recent posts

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...

A review of "Django 1.0 Template Development" by Scott Newman, from Packt Publishing.

An article from Django 1.0 Template Development by Scott Newman, about how to output a document in multiple formats/styles using Django templates.

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...

Beginnings of a Django-inspired Haskell web framework, Ella.

Haskell API documentation is very lacking for newbies. For instance, I want to understand how to do create and use regexes...

A simple way to use Mercurial Queues in a Subversion working directory to manage patches before committing to Subversion.

Haskell Regex replace, anyone?

I am really stubborn, so I never completely gave up on my little pet project of re-writing my blog as a Haskell CGI app. I also didn't give up on using my budget host. (Partly because I have even less money than before). So, the saga continues...

After reading that in Python 2.5 some big memory leaks are fixed, I just switched a Django site from Python 2.4 to Python 2.5. I wasn't disappointed -- the combined memory usage of my Apache processes (which are using mod_python) went from 100Mb to 60Mb. So, for anyone else wanted to conserve memory, this is the first thing I'd suggest!

Submitting tracks using MOC (Music on Console) and Last.fm

You can drag and drop files onto a Konsole (or Yakuake) terminal session, and it works...

I created a system and web app to help me organise my Bible memorisation. And I rant a bit Django and web.py.

How to use Twill within Django unit tests

Some tools to help organise your computer and files.

I present below some example code for using Django, newforms and MochiKit to do AJAX validation, in case anyone else is doing the same, complete with a live demo...

I've updated my validator app to work with 'unicodised' Django...

I upgraded to Gutsy RC last week, and I've really had nothing but trouble,
and submitted lots of bugs...

So, I'm back in Amman, time for some updates on what I've been doing this week...