unicorn

Decentralized Energy

Hit the nail on the head he did.

Free Software and Kittehs

Is there a connection?

Access 2009

Access, Canada's premier library technology conference. This year in Charlottetown, PEI.

A bit about Linked Open Data

Some notes for a basic talk on Linked Open Data.

Debian on the ideapad S10e

The central depository for my trials with Debian on the ideapad S10e.

A couple of thoughts on Wolfram Alpha

A quick outlet for my initial reaction to some of the buzz.

How I do backups

Notes on my setup for handling backups of my servers.

Carl Malamud for head of the GPO

I support Carl Malamud's bid for the head of the Government Printing Office.

Code4Lib 2009

Notes from the Code4Lib 2009 conference in Providence, RI.

New England Code4Lib

Notes from the December 9th, 2008 meeting of New England Code4Lib in Boston.

Installing Debian from a USB key

How I installed Debian (amd64, in this case) from a USB key.

Mail setup

My mail setup for IMAP and SMTP on a client machine.

Guido on importing in Python

A snippet from django-developers in which Guido van Rossum mentions his preferred import style.

Transferring files between Debian and a Nokia 6555 cell phone

A short howto describing the way I figured out how to move files via bluetooth between my Nokia 6555 cell phone and my Thinkpad X31 running Debian GNU/Linux.

My Django and WSGI Setup

A description of the setup I use for Django and WSGI.

Solr init script

An init script to start up, stop, and restart Solr.

Autocomplete and history in the Python interpreter

Souping up the Python interpreter with .pystartup.

Wrapper Class for Paramiko

A wrapper I wrote for paramiko to make things just a little easier.

Code4lib Conference 2008 Report

Report back on code4libcon2008.

Kobold Chieftain Talk

Kobold Chieftain lightning talk.

Single Transferable Vote

Some ramblings on STV and project ideas.

Conversation with father

The 'Daddy, are you a terrorist?' poster.

Single-pass multiple replace

Replace multiple patterns in a single pass with Python.

Mirroring a Google Code Subversion Repository for Trac

Notes on the mirroring of a Google Code Subversion repository to another server so I can run Trac on it.

Releasing the Law to the Public

A note about Public.Resource.Org's press release about the to-be-released free archive of federal case law.

WoW and SL

A little comparison of World of Warcraft and Second Life.

So Long, and Thanks for All the Edits

In the reflection of the hoi polloi -- Wikipedia and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Access 2007

Access, Canada's premier library technology conference. This year in Victoria, B.C.

Koha Demo

Notes from Koha Demo at Jenkins Law.

XML in Python

A few notes on XML in Python.