Blog: 2009
These are the 115 blog posts for 2009. Older is 2008. Newer is 2010. There is also a complete archive.
December 2009
SSAO JS Snowman WTF? #css #graphics #javascript
The Historical Thesaurus of the OED #language #reference
BibliOdyssey #art #history #maps
Looking for a Python developer #work
Coverage.py v3.2 #coverage #my-code
November 2009
Python packaging mishegas #python
Coverage.py v3.2b3: now with fewer memory leaks! #coverage #my-code
Memory leak mystery #coverage #debugging #testing
On business English #business #language
Ditaa: DIagrams Through Ascii Art #graphics #hacks
Coverage.py v3.2b1: branch coverage! #coverage #my-code
Left vs. right, diagrammed #graphics #politics
Continuous integration for Python with Hudson #continuous-integration #how-to #python
Life-sized Link #crafts #obsession #video-games
Magritte Mac sticker #art #mac
Measuring tire pressure at the pump #cars
October 2009
The scalability of programming languages #programming-languages
Physical type #animation #typography
Animated Turkish New York Times #animation #places #typography
DevDays Boston #gatherings #presentations
Running the same code on Python 2.x and 3.x #python
September 2009
Coverage.py v3.1 beta 1: Python 3.x and Cobertura output #coverage #my-code
Line continuations from tokenize.generate_tokens #python
Cheese or Font? #food #typography
Why numbering should start at zero #comp-sci #history
Xenocode and multiple IE’s #browsers
August 2009
PNG optimization #graphics #web
Explaining Python at DevDays Boston #education #gatherings #presentations #python
Plus signs in email addresses #email #malware
Humane email validation #email #regex #ui
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 1921–2009 #autism #obituaries #special-olympics
Super awesome cheap ball #toys
Mysterium 2009 #gatherings #video-games
July 2009
Movie title stills collection #design #movies #obsession
Back from Paris #friends-&-family #places
Coverage.py on Python 3.x #coverage #python
Coverage.py v3.0.1 #coverage #my-code
A nasty little bug #coverage #debugging #development
June 2009
Bare-bones basic Mercurial for Subversion users #source-control
Bathsheba and Bulatov #art #math
Coverage v3.0 #coverage #my-code
Quick links: short, right, anti #quick-links #security #testing
Off the beaten path in Paris #friends-&-family #places
How to be happy in business #business
Real-world cloud computing #architecture #gatherings
May 2009
Buying online and offline #business #online #phones
Mostly wrong #funny #history #programming-languages
Coverage v3.0 beta 3 #coverage #my-code
Log in as a user #security #web
Web font embedding #css #typography
Running a Python file as main, take 2 #python
April 2009
Coverage v3.0 beta 2 #coverage #my-code
Stop motion with wolf and pig #animation
Between the folds #crafts #movies
Predicting the future of marriage equality #politics
Jimfl’s things to look at #art #math
Tweenbots in the city #robots #society
Running a Python file as main #python
Subjective-C #programming-languages
March 2009
PyCon 2009 notes #gatherings #pycon
Ingrid’s Twitter song #music #online #twitter
A Whirlwind Excursion through Python C Extensions #pycon #python
It’s all greek to me #language
Obama’s special joke #autism #special-olympics #sports
Subversion changelists #source-control
Watchmen cake #cakes #friends-&-family
Light calligraphy #art #typography
Coverage.py v3.0b1 #coverage #my-code
Square root of Christmas #geeky #math
Code hosting choices #source-control
February 2009
Titus wouldn’t know a sensational title if it bit him in the ass #coverage #online #pycon
Fast geometric hashing for automated astrometry #algorithms #search #space
You asked for it #exceptions #web
C extensions at the Cambridge Python meetup #gatherings #python
Infrastructure for modern web sites #django
January 2009
Browser security handbook #browsers #security
Arabic logos #language #typography
Rules of database app aging #architecture #databases
Dieting cavemen on twitter #communication #online #twitter
Quick links: corkscrew, tag, bubbles #machinery #quick-links #science
Your IDE of choice #browsers #ides
Oldest files meme: PSCom #postscript