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March 2008



iSight? We don't need no stinking iSight

2008.03.25 Tue 9:41 A GMT-07
My brother and I have put up a blog discussing our messings with lasers, webcams, wiimotes and python. If you saw his talk at Pycon, and want to play with the code, you can find it there. I recently made the laser stuff work in Linux (hence the tit
Category: python linux open source

Undeleting photos on (gentoo) linux/windows/mac

2008.03.24 Mon 3:54 P GMT-07
This post is preceded by a public service announcement to back up all important data, often. (So far it seems the best way to back up photos is to get them printed/developed). Had a scare with a half gig compact flash card acting up on me, that cont
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[Pycon 2008] Linky linky

2008.03.21 Fri 10:20 A GMT-07
Here's my notes on Pycon this year. I'm going to throw out a collection of links that may or may not be useful to you. If you weren't able to make the conference, hopefully this list contains a link or two that are new or interesting to you. elast
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[Pycon 2008] Thoughts and Observations

2008.03.17 Mon 11:22 P GMT-07
Here's my thoughts regarding Pycon 2008. Benefits of conference attending Face time with virtual friends - Some people/IT shops invest in established technology provided by big vendors. I've been somewhat disenchanted by the products (and underly
Category: python open source
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[Pycon 2008] Managing complexity slides

2008.03.15 Sat 1:00 P GMT-07
Pycon has been real fun so far. The slides from my talk, Managing Complexity can be found here (complexitypycon2008.pdf). Will try and post thoughts and links thus far sooner (or later).
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Ask Matt: Java, PHP or Python for beginning web development?

2008.03.06 Thu 4:33 P GMT-07
I recently received the email below. At the risk of starting a flame war, I'm posting my response here. Hi Matthew, Sorry to bug you, but I was reading your blog and was hoping you could help me with some advice. I am new to programming and can't q
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