It seems as if my Pomodoro Timer is a small hit. Some friends were asking for enhancements and I’ve been making the changes as fast as I can. One enhancement was to make the timer work better when shrunk very small. Something along the lines of the Windows Gadgets. While [...]
So I’m designing new business cards for CULLY Technologies and ordering through an online print store. I created my own design and uploaded that. Extra charge. Premium paper. Extra charge. Speedy delivery. Extra charge. I’m looking at the total and it’s starting to add up *however* I don’t [...]
I’ve been running Akregator for several months now. It’s working great. For my only complaint, I’ve just fixed a few minutes ago. I don’t know why I lived with this annoyance for so long.
When I want to read a blog entry in an external browser such as Firefox, it wouldn’t open the [...]
I’ve been a happy Vonage customer for years. This is not their fault. They’ve provided me with good service, great features, for the same price for year after year.
The government, however, is killing me.
In 2005, I paid $4.20 in taxes and “fees” per month.
In 2006, I paid $4.20 in taxes and “fees” per month.
In 2007, [...]
I received a phone call from Comcast today.
Current setup: Internet:Comcast ; TV:Dish with PVR ; Home Phone:AT&T Local ; Business Phone:Vonage
The telemarketer called to offer me a deal on switching to Comcast for my cable, Internet, and phone for just a little less money than I am paying now, for just a couple less channels [...]
I normally don’t do viral activities but … this is in the technical world so …
What happens is that someone tags you and you have to tell 5 things about you that are not common knowledge. In turn you must tag 5 others. I have Rick Schummer to thank! Â Rick [...]
It was painful to hear the alarm going off this morning. Yes, painful. I rolled out of bed, got ready and headed down for a quick breakfast. Tons of Fox folk were already eating. They must not have stayed up way past their bed time like I did. Down went [...]
The United States produces a huge amount of food. Cattle, chickens, turkey, salmon, and other types of meat. Other countries struggle to produce their own food. Struggle to feed their own populations.
What if, in the future, you could grow meat? No animal necessary, just the meat. Anyone who has been [...]
Amazing how complete the language of Python is. Here is a little snippet that is available all over the place on how to hit a URL and get the text back. Give it a try.
import urllib
sock = urllib.urlopen(“http://microsoft.com”)
htmlSource = sock.read()
sock.close()
print htmlSource
It’s been a week since PyCon 2005 has started. I must admit that I’m having some difficulty in assembling my thoughts. It was difficult entering into this conference cold.
There are really two aspects to PyCon that I would like to talk about. One is the technical state of Python and the development [...]