September 2011
6 posts
SEO for Non-dicks →
Matt Gemmell:
Good SEO is a by-product of not being a dick on the internet.
How to Make Yourself Use Python 3
Python 3 is the future. Since I don’t have any kind of massive legacy codebase to support, there’s really no reason I shouldn’t be using it. If you, too, would like to force yourself to use Python 3, here are three simple steps you can follow that won’t screw with the system Python installed by Apple.
Download and install Python 3 from Python.org.
Open Terminal.
Type...
Weekend Project: Steal This Book (Cover)
Disclaimer: Let’s get this out of the way up front. The gist of what I describe in this post is probably against Amazon’s terms of service. So don’t be an idiot.
I own about 1,000 books. For years I’ve used Delicious Library on my Mac to catalogue them all. If you’re unfamiliar with Delicious Library, it’s the best cataloguing app you can buy for the platform....
Now With 100% More GitHub
I’ve had a GitHub account for years and never used it for anything other than casually following a few projects (mostly because I think mercurial is a better solution than git). Since I’ve started posting some code here, and discovered GitHub’s gists, I’ve decided to try making more use of the site. My main page is here and my Open in Marked AppleScript now lives here.
The Storm's Aftermath
As I’ve mentioned before, my basement gets water when it rains. Two weeks before anybody even suspected hurricane Irene, we were getting estimates for waterproofers. Due to our procrastination and indecision, we didn’t choose a company until the week of the hurricane and unfortunately they weren’t able to get to us until the following week. So I had plenty to keep me occupied...