Starting Out On The iPad
Why the iPad?
When the iPad was announced I decided it was time to take the plunge and develop a game for it. Although the iPhone is a powerful piece of hardware I just find the screen too limiting. Every game leaves you wishing you had transparent fingers. The iPad …
Replaying an Apache Logfile with Python
NOTE: This is an old article I wrote in October 2008, it’s still relevant today. It was originally posted on luckydonkey.com which I am in the process of retiring.
In order to test for a memory leak in New Metal Army I needed to replay my apache log …
Python Style Plugins Made Easy
NOTE: This is an old article I wrote in January 2008, it’s still relevant today. It was originally posted on luckydonkey.com which I am in the process of retiring.
Sometimes you need to write code that loads python at runtime. Plugin architectures are a good example of this …
PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, Dropping All Tables and Sequences
NOTE: This is an old article I wrote in January 2007, it’s still relevant today. It was originally posted on luckydonkey.com which I am in the process of retiring.
There were a number of insightful comments in the original article that I have not copied across. They ended …
FreeBSD Centralised Logging
NOTE: This is an old article I wrote in January 2007, it’s still relevant today. It was originally posted on luckydonkey.com which I am in the process of retiring.
I wanted to log everything from my servers and router to a singer server to make it easier to …
Subversion and Apple Filemerge Integrtaion
NOTE: This is an old article I wrote in January 2007, it’s still relevant today. It was originally posted on luckydonkey.com which I am in the process of retiring.
If you want visual diff’s while developing on OSX using subversion then this page has a good description …
FreeBSD: Slurm… the IPTraf alike for FreeBSD
NOTE: This is an old article I wrote in December 2006, it’s still relevant today. It was originally posted on luckydonkey.com which I am in the process of retiring.
For many moons I have wanted an application like IPTraf for FreeBSD. Well through lack of trying and a …