Monthly Archives: June 2006

pdb.set_trace(), decimal, django, FloatField

!#%@#^@#$%@#% Decimal. So the other evening was spent tracking down a damnable thing. in Python 2.4, the win32 implementation of Decimal (new in Python 2.4) doesn’t support multiplying a Decimal value by an integer. And that really bit hard. Turns … Continue reading

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On its way!!!

Woo Hoo!!! Great new tonight! My new toy is on it’s way. I’ve cleaned out space in my fridge and talked it up with the guys – so I’m all set to go! Oh – and with the new machine, … Continue reading

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Graphic Novels

In addition to a little shooting of planes, I have also been reading a bit. I found a copy of V for Vendetta (Vertigo Comics) at Queen Anne Ave Books and brought it home the other day. Just finished it … Continue reading

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Crimson Skies

Cool! I wasn’t sure when I got the XBox 360 if any of the older games that I had would even play. The answer is “yeah”, and more apparently coming online. Tonight I tossed in an old favorite – Crimson … Continue reading

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visualization

Ok, you’ve to admit – while its gratiutous, it’s damn cool: Google’s ambiant display visualization of worldwide queries

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Article about Django

Hey Cool! There’s an article that was just posted to IBM DeveloperWorks about using the Django web framework. It’s written with developing/deploying on a unix based environment, but has a great general walkthrough of the pieces and parts of using … Continue reading

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Will it really be here June 14th?

9 days or so – thats when Apple is estimating that I’ll get my new MacBook Pro (I still think the name “MacBook Pro” is kinda stupid). I’ve been agonizing over which to get – the MacBook or the MacBook … Continue reading

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missing words

Good lord, what’s wrong with me? For whatever reason, words for common things are just completely escaping me. It’s really beginning to get slightly infuriating – It’s that tip of the tongue thing – you feel like it’s just right … Continue reading

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short week, but highly focused

It’s been one of those highly focused weeks. Really highly focused – and yes, that means probably far more sedentary as a result as well. But events this week have really been keeping me popping. Not in a bad way, … Continue reading

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