Monthly Archives: August 2007

the moon will soon be eaten…

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Joe

In another few minutes, the total lunar eclipse will begin. This will be the second one I’ve seen – the first being nearly 20 years ago while I was camping with a large pile of friends in Pennsylvania. I remember … Continue reading →

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Django Queue Service

Posted on August 25, 2007 by Joe

I know I’ve been quiet on the Django front for a while. Here’s something to make up for it. Without further ado, let me present to the world the Django Queue Service. At OSCON 2007, I was hunting around for … Continue reading →

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Interesting tidbit on Mercurial…

Posted on August 25, 2007 by Joe

After Andrew’s presentation on Mercurial and Git, I thought I’d give one of them a shot. Since Mercurial is written in Python, it obviously won. Well – obviously for me, but then I really like Python. Anyway, an interesting quirk … Continue reading →

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Law is code… and it desperately needs refactoring!

Posted on August 25, 2007 by Joe

I’ve been thinking about this topic for a while. Actually – what and how to write about it has been darned tricky. It’s about the Law. Our “Legal Code”. Interestingly, they use some of the same terminology – that it’s … Continue reading →

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XCoders – Git & Mercurial…

Posted on August 23, 2007 by Joe

Andrew Carter gave a really good overview presentation of two of the more popular distributed source code management systems out there today – Git and Mercurial. Lots of people have been talking about Git lately, mostly because of the video … Continue reading →

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HALO 3

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Joe

I took some time this evening to go see the Halo 3 IMAX Preview Event. Imagine playing Halo on a big screen. A really, really big screen. Now combine that with seeing the game as its winding down into its … Continue reading →

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Down for a day – literally…

Posted on August 20, 2007 by Joe

I was down for the day – literally. I think I slept something like 16 hours all today today – way more than usual for me. Karen thinks it was because I finally relaxed a bit this weekend after a … Continue reading →

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Catchin’ up from OSCON – Windmill

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Joe

Doing a little catchup time from OSCON… One of the pieces that I was particularly interested in from OSCON was Windmill. OSA Foundation’s variation on the Selenium theme for testing their Ajax and webapp views of Chandler. While I’ve got … Continue reading →

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Fun movie – Stardust

Posted on August 15, 2007 by Joe

Karen and I went to see Stardust last night. I hadn’t even realized it was a Neil Gaiman story, and from the web site “Best Date movie…” commentary, I wasn’t sure what I was getting into. It’s a great flick. … Continue reading →

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What I’ve learned this weekend

Posted on August 13, 2007 by Joe

What I’ve learned this weekend: * I don’t breath very well at 12,000 ft elevation * The high alpine meadows in the Rocky Mountain National Park are simply exquisite * After being at 12,000 ft elevation, 7,000 ft feels like … Continue reading →

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