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December 2005



.Net, Mono and slow compiled code

2005.12.29 Thu 1:06 A GMT-07
Miguel has an interesting post discussing the merits of C#. This was spurred by Nitesh's email with Steve Jobs regarding the geriatric state of objective c. (While the /. commentary was somewhat interesting regarding this exchange, my thought was "
Category: python open source
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Examples of movement in the commercial/open source box model

2005.12.20 Tue 12:07 P GMT-07
Just saw this post about xGL development closing up. So I thought I'd put my box back up here ...
Category: linux open source
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Another picture from India

2005.12.15 Thu 9:58 P GMT-07
This is the Bangalore Palace. Site of FOSS 2005.
Category: linux open source

Visualizing the commercialization of open source

2005.12.15 Thu 9:43 P GMT-07
This morning I had a few hours to myself in a jetlagged induced stupor. It was refreshing to sit and watch the sunrise, yet disappointing to realize I had driven to work only to be locked out for an hour. So I had some time to ponder. Being the vi
Category: python linux open source

Back from India

2005.12.12 Mon 10:49 P GMT-07
I'm back from my trip to India. I had a great time. If I don't have anything useful to post about, I'll post pictures from my trip. I'll start out with this gem. In case you can't tell, I'm bowling. No, not that kind of bowling, the other kind
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Python web framework rewrite take two....

2005.12.07 Wed 11:25 P GMT-07
Is the ease of developing in python a drawback?  Is too much choice just confusing?I'm in the middle of trying to get TurboGears working with Python 2.3 (the latest subversion head supposedly supports it...) to see if I can use it as a framework
Category: python open source ajax
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I impersonate Alax Cox at FOSS

2005.12.05 Mon 10:54 P GMT-07
One of the nice things about conferences is the oppurtunity to meet new people.  It was nice to be able to mingle with Alan Cox for a little bit while fighting for Pizza at FOSS.  Talking with Seemant was cool too.  Props to those comm
Category: linux open source
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Generate twill scripts and mechanize unittests from TestGen4Web

2005.12.05 Mon 10:44 P GMT-07
While attending FOSS.IN, one of the sessions was a website security session. I only caught the tail end, but it felt very similar to a session at OSCON this year by Nitesh. I also attended part of Rasmus' talk where he talked about a tool
Category: python open source ajax
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FOSS Day 3

2005.12.01 Thu 9:04 A GMT-07
Today started off with a bang with a keynote by Andrew Cowie. He did an excellent job speaking and wasn't afraid to ruffle feathers. One of the best parts was his proposal to change Linux to "Open Office/Mozilla/Apache/Perl/Gnu/Linux
Category: python linux open source KDE
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