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Notify Me when Done “X” in KDE
One of the few Java webapps I work on at work, has a very long startup time. Unfortunately since the server startup code is proprietary and owned by the vendor, there is not much I can do about that. However it is easy to forget to check if the server has started up, I decided…
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Approaching Inbox Zero in Gmail
Earlier this year (yes I meant to send this out much earlier) I went to a meetup hosted by my local PyLadies group. There Tracy Osborn of Wedding Lovely and Hello Web App fame gave an amazing talk about marketing for developers. I was truly inspired by the talk, and I feel it was very…
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Post PyCon, ebook and Freelancing Plans
PyCon US 2017 has come and gone, and the past few weeks have been busy with renovations and family related activities. So I have not been able to write as much as I’d like to. But now life is starting to gain some normality, and I look forward to more regular blogging. I really enjoyed…
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Pythonistas in Portlandia – PyCon US 2017
Apologies for being silent these past few months. I tried to concentrate on launching a product earlier in the year, and I was hopeful that I would get it out soon. Unfortunately it didn’t work out and I will have to shelf development. That said, I am looking forward to going to Portland and PyCon…
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So much Writing and Coding… so Little Time
I must apologize to regular readers of my blog, that I have been slacking. I plan on writing a blog entry once a week, and even though this one is late, I am trying to keep my promises. At least one should keep promises to one self. And I apologize if this entry is a…
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PyCon CA 2016 – The Art of Writing Wargames in Python with Kivy
Intro Last year in November, I presented a talk about Kivy at PyCon Canada 2016. I talked about my experiences working with Kivy in the context of writing a strategy game. I discussed the various UI frameworks available to a Python developer, and why Kivy is currently the best choices for UIs in Python. Especially…
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2017!
Hey Readers, Sorry for the delay between posts. I went on an unannounced hiatus, just because of the busyness of last year. However I am back, and I will return to my regular posting schedule of once a week, most likely either Wednesday or Thursday morning. Also I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas (or…
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Avoiding Blank PHP Responses after upgrading to Ubuntu 16.04, and php7.0-fpm
Earlier this week I finally made the plunge to upgrade my VPS to Ubuntu 16.04. With a minor hiccup surrounding supervisord (which I probably can avoid if I go the systemd route) not being enabled at boot, the upgrade was simple for both my WSGI and Node webapps. I can not say the same thing…
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Selling Off Some Domains
I was going to write about why needing an app isn’t a good way to try get into business. (Hint: It is very expensive, if you can’t code it yourself.) However something else popped up, namely I am trying to sell off two domains: justcheckers.org and justcheckers.net that I own. These were for the justCheckers…
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See you at PyCon Canada 2016!
I’m looking forward to PyCon Canada 2016 that will be happening November 12-13 in Toronto. I submitted two talk proposals and I’m hoping that one of them gets accepted. But regardless I am looking forward to the conference. If you are at the conference, and you want to meet up just message me via Twitter…