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Happy (belated) Ada Lovelace Day

Posted by: barbara | Date: Mar 25, 2009 | Category: ald09 girl geeks | Comments: 1

Whoa, look at the date on that last post. A lot has changed since then - I went back to work in a PHP shop, all the while intending to keep doing Python/Django on the side, but I haven't been able to make as much time for that as I ...

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The ubiquity of vi

Posted by: barbara | Date: Dec 01, 2008 | Category: mac os x | Comments: 4

Whenever a conversation about tools comes up, I find myself, inevitably, putting on a sheepish grin and confessing that yes, in fact, I am a vi user.

And I'll be honest - in my early days as a developer, I just wanted to earn a little respect.

Go ahead, make ...

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Pointers explained

Posted by: barbara | Date: Nov 24, 2008 | Category: geek humor | Comments: 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvoHwFvAvQE

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Quick and dirty "what I'm reading" plugin

Posted by: barbara | Date: Nov 22, 2008 | Category: django | Comments: 3

(Note: that partner id in the absolute_url below is mine. I won't object if you want to use it, but you might be better off signing up for your own: Powells.com Partner Program)

The model:

 class Book(models.Model): RATING_CHOICES = ( ('1', '1'), ('2', '2'), ('3', '3'), ...


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Just a little round-up to remind you I'm alive

Posted by: barbara | Date: Nov 20, 2008 | Category: the internets | Comments: 0
I've been head-down, fingers flying, banging away on a top-secret project for the past few weeks, so I haven't really had anything new and revolutionary to post about.

But Eric says we should all blog, so I wanted to share a few of the things I've ...

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