Archive for April, 2008

• Idiomatic Python?

  I’ve been working my way through compiling Java into Python code but the Python back end of my isn’t that good (my brain). I would call my stage of Python development the “magic incantation” stage. This is the stage where you really aren’t comfortable yet with the way things work in a new [...]

  April 23rd, 2008

• Tivo targeted advertising

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  Tivo targeted advertising, originally uploaded by Sam Pullara.

  This looks like it might be both effective and also something that TV advertisers would like to buy.

  April 23rd, 2008

• Using Google App Engine to Extend Yahoo! Pipes

  Update: A commenter pointed out that you can
  from django.utils import simplejson
  instead of including it. Makes this even easier.
  Yahoo! Pipes has always been a great tool for manipulating data but often you have to go to great contortions to get it to do what you want because of its very simple data flow programming [...]

  April 13th, 2008