arthurk

Why Python 2.6 and not 2.7?

I remember your post from about a year ago when you quit your day job and wanted to make money with website flipping. However, I haven't checked your blog since then and this looks like you're doing quite well.

Is it common in India to work on Saturdays?

I tried to read this but the Scribd reader hung up on me after a few pages and all I got to see were blank pages (I'm using FF4). Would it be possible to compile some of the comments in a "Sample.pdf" file and directly link to that instead?

You can.

Source code: http://hg.mozilla.org/services/sync-server Instructions: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Labs/Weave/Sync/1.1/Setup

I did a similar experiment a few years ago. It's based on GAE and you can find it here: http://httpstatus.appspot.com/

source code: https://github.com/arthurk/httpstatus

You could also use a Nabaztag and let the rabbit dance on post-commit.

I'm going to travel the US later this year for a month. And I'm a little bit uncertain what kind of backpack I should buy. I've never traveled that long and previously I took a small trolley bag. However, I was always wondering if there's a better alternative. What kind of backpack do you recommend?

"'If you were only going to do one thing today, what would it be?'. Simply answer the question and the app will take care of the rest."

Sure.

"Division by zero" error at http://obesitynearme.com/country/DE/

How do you know that? post them on the internet, I'm sure someone will read them.

It's actually 79 chars ;-)

"Limit all lines to a maximum of 79 characters."

I also found this quote in the comments: “I’m not a great programmer; I’m just a good programmer with great habits.” (Refactoring, Beck Fowler, 1999).

Thanks for editing the title. It previously included "RailsTips by" and I thought this was for Rails developers and didn't click on it.

Entering something other than a number in the "times" field results in the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/base/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/webapp/__init__.py", line 509, in __call__ handler.post(groups) File "/base/data/home/apps/resolution-tracker/1.338888254051474539/resolution.py", line 69, in post r.threshold = int(self.request.get('threshold', 1)) ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''

Could you also make the message box close when pressing ESC?

Yes. I've been using 1P for over a year now and 80% of my passwords were generated by the password generator. They are impossible to remember. The other 20% are passwords for web-based apps that I access on other computers from time to time.

"28. Highlight The Python Code As In SQLalchemy Documentation." -- Yes, they're using Pygments.

And notice that the website title is "The Joo Joo". So, is it spelled "JooJoo" or "Joo Joo"?

Hey alec, I just wanted to say thanks for the weekly updates. I've been reading it since issue 1. Keep up the good work!

It would be even better with an Optimus Maximus keyboard[1] that has OLED keys. But it's still at $1700 :-(

[1]: http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/

"Why not create a ‘templates’ directoy and a ‘base.html’ either in project’s directory or in the apps’s directory, because creating the same templates directory and same base.html for every project is not DRY?"

There's nothing wrong with that. Even the djangoproject.com website does it: http://code.djangoproject.com/browser/djangoproject.com/djan...

"Why serving static files in development has to be a additional setup, as no developer wants to setup a server for serving static files, I am aware of ‘django.static.serve’ but still that is an additional setup, why not create a sample media directory and a url for the same in urls.py ?"

Read this: http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2008/jun/23/media/

According to Microsoft Aero will be enabled in Windows 7 if a DirectX 9 compatible GPU with a minimum of 128 MB of Video RAM is detected.

I installed Win7 earlier today and can confirm that it is not available on my old MacBook with GMA 950 GPU with 64MB RAM.

But only on a GPU >= nVidia 9400

The topcoder headline reminds me of Mythical Man-Month. "What could you accomplish with a team of 222,375?" Nothing?

If you're interested in literate programming: TeX

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Great feature but Quicktime can only records videos in the current screen resolution.

And honestly, I don't think a 6-step tutorial is necessary for this.

Some modules still use it but it is mostly marked as deprecated and will be removed in Gnome 3.0.

Everyone has a different taste in music. Let's not argue about "great coding music".