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You're right. DMC is really just an experiment. I don't mean to disparage Arrow, it does improve the interfaces around datetime, I was just disappointed it didn't attempt to preven…

I think Arrow still leaves too much confusion around how to handle timezones. That's why I wrote DMC( https://github.com/rhettg/dmc ). Not to be confused with Delorean ( https://gi…

http://blogtrottr.com/ combined with discipline about what I subscribe to. Now I just want a better email client.

You should take a look at Archive.org's Disk Drive project: http://archive.org/details/diskdrives

I grew up on my Grandfather's farm in California. I learned QBASIC on his computer. I connected to my first BBS from his computer. Together we used MS-Paint to draw maps of his lan…

I've used twisted for semi-major project ( https://github.com/Yelp/Tron ). It's certainly a difficult thing to get your head around. The parts of the project that touch twisted is …

I just moved from SOMA in SF to Belltown. Feels like Disneyland.

It can be problematic to import your package from setup.py if you want your dependency specification to be useful.

You guys might also find this github project useful: https://github.com/splaice/py-bootstrap

I understood the point as "Don't use a database as a replacement for a queue". Use the right tool for the job. The fact that gearmand is backed by a DB is not at all the same as us…

Can someone use this data to figure out how much it would cost to make SOPA go away and then setup a kick starter project?

Why don't any websites add the option of just emailing me a link to login anytime I want to use the site. Effectively this is what happens with "forgot password" features.

Anyone know how to build a Faraday Hive?

Code Complete Being Geek

Bomb SSSS #0

The evolved warriors weren't all that impressive either. Really required a large number of generations, which my poor turbo pascal skills or lack of hardware didn't really provide.…

Back in the day I tried applying genetic algorithms to corewars as a high school science fair project. I lost. They had no idea what was talking about. Early lesson in the importan…

Convore was fantastic during pycon

If recent history of the mortgage market tells us anything, it's that lenders are not too concerned with making financial sense.