February 2009
48 posts
Snow hut building at the Petkos!
January 2009
67 posts
Just finished little interview for repsheet with Chicago public radio, WBEZ. Brad did the talking but I was in the studio! On the air tu …
Chicago Children's Museum at Navy Pier →
This place is great, been several times and it’s not too expensive. Watch out for parking though. There are some free trolleys and public transport available. First mondays of the month are free for…
Day Frog-Children's Recreation Center →
New 4000 sq ft facility for kids. Seems really nice, will probably check it out next week.
UNICOI ART STUDIO-Children's Art Classes Chicago,... →
Oh that was at friends property. No hiking though. :(
Switzerland Network Testing Tool | Electronic... →
Interesting tool to test your network connectivity and see what you ISP is doing.
“Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Working software over...”
– Manifesto for Agile Software Development
JoeAvella.com →
everyblock partners with NYT … that didn’t take long http://blog.everyblock.com/2009/jan/28/nyt/
“Identi.ca underwent a massive upgrade on Friday 23 Jan. Watch for new features,...”
– Public timeline - Identi.ca
A List Apart: Articles: Take Control of Your Maps →
Great article written by one of the EveryBlock guys … talks about open source alternatives to google maps. Something I should do at some point with RepSheet. Anyone getting into maps on the web…
“WORK like you don’t need the money.
LOVE like nobody has ever hurt you....”
– One of those mailings.
Utah SGID: Vector GIS Data Layers, By... →
Announcing http://repsheet.com Check it out. Feedback welcome!
django-issues - Google Code →
Build a Mobile and Desktop-Friendly Application in... →
Pretty slick
Cicero - Home →
Some other folks working on geography and politics. They have a pretty nice API from the little I have seen.
WatchThis is the only ride at Scandinavian Disneyland. Big Swing - CollegeHumor video
Irrational Exuberance →
Another very interesting django/python blog.
JDev Info Page →
I should ask the discussion list about django and jabber clients/code/architecture. I’d like to get some type of chat client going for django-newsroom soon.
Psi, the Cross-Platform Jabber/XMPP Client for... →
one small voice →
The spec writer/manager for XMPP. Hub of the XMPP network.
Ignite Realtime: Openfire Server →
It uses the only widely adopted open protocol for instant messaging, XMPP (also called Jabber).
Following snow footprints of deer in the backwoods of N. Illinois.
Project Vote Smart - American Government,... →
moved by some moving pictures. http://tinyurl.com/6tt5x3
LittleSis » Profiling the powers that be →
A site that has a similar focus as repsheet. Feels like wikipedia with a focus.
ComicVine.com - The world's largest comic book... →
Very awesome site. Done by whiskey media which is Jacob Kaplan Moss’ group.
Lazy Linux: 10 essential tricks for admins →
Publishing 2.0 →
Seems perty dang inspiring this 2.0 revolution.
Daylife - A New Way to Explore the World →
This site is pretty amazing. I think I will start going here for my daily dip.
Yashh // Home →
Javascript - General Introduction →
Nice introduction to Javascript.
Floatutorial: Step by step CSS float tutorial →
A great float tutorial.
“The only thing I don’t get is this: It has a ten-CD changer. A CD changer?...”
– Cars: Inside the Rocket-Proof Obamamobile
Ordered List // We Make The Web Beautifully Simple →
CSSRockstars - You Design, We Code. Your PSD to... →
$150 to get your CSS… never used them but seems like a nice deal.
libsyn // podcasting made easy →
Looks like Merlin is using this for podcasting.
WatchMost Days (2009-01-08) on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
“If a browser comes across a new or unrecognized doctype, it simply moves into...”
– Steve Smith / Getting Started with HTML5 (via trey)
my slice is going down for a quick reboot. resizing to 2G. too many damn processes.
Django S3 storage — Documentation →
Seems to be the somewhat official docs for using S3 with the new storage API (1.0) in Django.
dream_geodjango_server [Slicehost] →
A nice tutorial on getting a slice up and running from scratch with GeoDjango.
Jannis Leidel - A WYSIWYM editor widget for... →