December 2008
88 posts
In Mogi Das Cruzes, Brazil, at the moment. Back on the 2nd.
Dec 30th
InSight Cruises: Educational Cruises — For Those... →
The guys at FLOSS weekly swear by these cruises.
Dec 27th
60 deg in chi. Going for a jog!
Dec 27th
Just saw Yes Man. Still love Jim Carrey as much as ever.
Dec 27th
NAD83 / Illinois East (ftUS): EPSG Projection --... →
City of chicago seems to use this spacial reference spec for its shape files that it releases.
Dec 26th
geopy - Geocoding Toolbox for Python →
Dec 26th
GeoInterpolations » GeoDjango on Slicehost:... →
Well detailed blog post series on installing django and geodjango support on a slicehost slice.
Dec 25th
dbsgeo - Google Code →
More GIS information …
Dec 25th
GeoInterpolations →
Dec 25th
Sweet, John got hired at ASU. http://johntynan.com/archives/240
Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
FOSS4GWorkshop - geodjango-basic-apps - Google... →
An example of how to setup geodjango with the admin.
Dec 22nd
compiling GEOS for geodjango http://tinyurl.com/7u447c
Dec 22nd
The Scoop →
A developer at the NYTimes who built represent using python and django.
Dec 21st
City of Chicago - Boundary Data →
GIS geography information data for the City of Chicago. Ward data also contains alderman information.
Dec 21st
discovering that the nytimes represent db was build on geodjango http://tinyurl.com/7g867k
Dec 21st
Python Module of the Week - Python Module of the... →
Great learning site for python. Lots of cool stuff you can do with the standard lib.
Dec 20th
CA attorney general voids prop 8. Woohoo!
Dec 20th
Resolver Systems: The spreadsheet competition →
Nice, win $15,000 and $2000 prizes for playing with python.
Dec 19th
Death and Taxes: 2009 →
Amazing map of how the federal government spends money
Dec 19th
RT @waxwing Facebook adding 600,000 users per day: http://tr.im/2g3v
Dec 19th
Finally something decent comes out of microsoft, checkout seadragon on the iPhone.
Dec 19th
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Death and Taxes: 2009
Dec 19th
Dec 18th
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ooyala
Dec 18th
chewing on a bit of spam but i really like it. awesome holiday idea http://propercloth.com/
Dec 16th
Oh and of course if you’re looking for tshirts threadless is the place. http://www.threadless.com/ they also have a shop in downtown.
Dec 16th
80 Large Background Websites →
I like this look, but might even be an old trend by now.
Dec 16th
“Earlier this month we noted that Barack Obama’s Presidential transition...”
– Change.gov iPhone App Now Available - ReadWriteWeb
Dec 16th
Dec 15th
On the voyage to Mayo.
Dec 14th
Holiday Guide 2008: Gifts - Best Books of 2008... →
Nice quick summary of best books for 2008.
Dec 13th
Open source django news mixer : http://newsmixer.us
Dec 13th
DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing.... →
Haven’t looked at the linux distro world in some time. It’s going bananas in proper open source fashion. Amazing. I’ve heard there’s over 300 linux distros available.
Dec 13th
laughing at merlin’s “walgreens” tweet @hotdogsladies http://twitter.com/hotdogsladies
Dec 12th
I nominate @hotdogsladies for a Shorty Award in #humor - master of 140 chars and humor.
Dec 12th
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Listen to You Look Nice Today | You Look Nice Today
Dec 12th
Dan's Data - PC hardware and gadget reviews! →
I just love these kinds of sites. All started with tomshardware.com.
Dec 12th
“Support people in such companies are used to doing drive replacements, and would...”
– The USB-drive time bomb
Dec 11th
Gazette Communications - Homepage →
These guys are working with the medill students at Northwestern. Seems like an interesting venture, they may reproduce whatever the students have come up with.
Dec 11th
Extending the Django User model with inheritance →
Looks like there is a better way to do profiles in Django. I’m going to attempt this approach.
Dec 11th
Django, Python, web development and things... →
Another great and useful django blog.
Dec 11th
patrickbeeson.com | Patrick Beeson is a content... →
Blogger/developer talking about journalism and Django. From Knoxville, TN.
Dec 11th
Media Management Center →
Looks like an interesting departement at Medill doing media research.
Dec 11th
reading some blogger press on medill, http://tinyurl.com/68hw3d
Dec 11th
Django Days: a growing collection of all things... →
Dec 11th
Welcome to futuretweets.com - Schedule your Tweets →
Seems like a nice twitter service. Done in Django.
Dec 11th
Get Satisfaction - People-Powered Customer Service →
Looks like a popular customer feedback service.
Dec 11th
toastdriven's multiresponse at master — GitHub →
Maybe the beginnings of an API module for Django?
Dec 10th