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 …