AstronomyPictureOfTheDay 2.0
There is a new release of AstronomyPictureOfTheDay available this morning. Version 2.0 is a substantial rewrite of the 1.1 version, but retains essentially the same functionality. The primary...
View ArticleDjango with PostgreSQL on Mac OS X Tiger
Most of the time, when I have worked on django projects, I’ve used the SQLite backend for development on my PowerBook and deployed to PostgreSQL on my Linux server. For the project I’m working on right...
View ArticleDjango with PostgreSQL on Mac OS X Leopard
Previously, I discussed the steps I went through to get PostgreSQL working on Tiger. This weekend I upgraded my system to a new MacBook Pro running Leopard. PPC -> x86:Although the Migration...
View ArticlePython Documentation Power-User Tip
If you find yourself referencing the Python standard library documentation a lot while you’re programming, you should set up a keyword bookmark in Firefox. I haven’t seen this feature talked about very...
View Articleinstalling GNU gettext for use with Python on OS X
I’ve been working on my blog post about Python’s gettext module for the past couple of mornings, and ran into a snag. The documentation claims that the Python source distribution includes all the tools...
View ArticleAutomatically back up thumb drives on your Mac
I have a couple of different thumb drives that I use as portable working devices. The data on them is important, so I wanted to back them up. Today I worked out how to copy the contents of the USB...
View Articleyou gotta love backwards compatibility
A friend of mine recently found an old floppy disk created under OS 8 or 9 in the early 1990′s. There was a letter on the disk that she wanted copied off, but she doesn’t have a Mac any more.No...
View ArticleiTunes 9.1 Smart Playlist Order Fix
Today I reset my 30GB video iPod and all of the smart playlists broke. Some were sorted in the wrong order (by name), some had no contents, and some were missing entirely.I found a few references to...
View ArticleAstronomy Picture of the Day 3.3
The AstronomyPictureOfTheDay desktop wallpaper updater is a Mac OS X applicationthat downloads the latest image from the Astronomy Picture of the Day site and setsit as your desktop background. It can...
View ArticleAstronomy Picture of the Day 3.4
The AstronomyPictureOfTheDay desktop wallpaper updater is a Mac OS X applicationthat downloads the latest image from the Astronomy Picture of the Day site and setsit as your desktop background. It can...
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