Archive for December, 2006

Wii Day

Friday, December 8th, 2006

Today marks the official UK (and European) launch of the Nintendo Wii. It will also mark the delivery of my pre-ordered Wii.

Posts may be even more intermittent than usual (if that is possible) whilst I look like a prat playing Wii Sports.

Breaking up is hard to do

Friday, December 8th, 2006

This is the bit where I should point out all the good things about my blog engine of choice – Typo – before explaining to it that it’s not Typo’s fault, things just aren’t working out.

Stuff that.

Typo is good, but it is bloated and keeps dying on my server for no reason and I’ve had enough. Other RoR apps are ticking over quite nicely on this box, so why does Typo have an issue?

Sorry Typo, it’s not me – it’s you. Pack your bags and sling your hook.

Now to start trawling the classifieds to find a new blog engine before I succumb to temptation and write my own.

(This is a roundabout way of say that this site has been ** recently and I’m finally going to do something about it.)

RADical Python

Friday, December 8th, 2006

I have another article in the latest issue of Linux User & Developer entitled RADical Python.

It is an introduction to Rapid Application Development with PyGTK, and I’m very pleased with the result. Of course real feedback (instead of my own ego massaging) is always welcome.

I am intending to follow this article up with a series on Python development (with a twist) – further bulletins as events warrant.

In the mean time go and pick up a copy!