Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion” Seems to Have a Broken Python easy_install
One of the first things I needed after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) was to make some Python scripts work. However easy_install seemed to be broken: $ easy_install psycopg2 Traceback (most recent...
View ArticleGet sources and Javadocs
How to tell Maven to download all Javadoc for your project’s dependencies: mvn dependency:resolve -Dclassifier=javadoc via Maven Micro-Tip: Get sources and Javadocs | Ted Wise.
View ArticleGoogle App Engine’s Python Exception Syntax
Remember, Python 2.5 has this exception syntax: try: raise FooException("Darn!") except FooException, e print("Error: %s" % e) The newer syntax is: try: raise FooException("Darn!") except FooException...
View ArticleNullPosts: suds and appengine
I ran into the issue described in NullPosts: suds and appengine today. This is caused by the great Python SOAP API, suds, and Google App Engine not playing together to do some of the restrictions in...
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xkcd: Password Strength
As always, xkcd makes a great point through a comic with “Password Strength”. Password Strength I do not know if the point he is making is actually valid, some research will be required. Update: Ben...
View ArticleLast American Who Knew What The Fuck He Was Doing Dies | The Onion
This is beautiful–The Onion has managed to embed such a compliment to Steve Jobs in a satirical piece: Last American Who Knew What The Fuck He Was Doing Dies Well done.
View ArticleDeveloper Position Open at Versature
We’re hiring again at Versature, take a look: Developer Position Open It’s a software developer position that gets you working directly with me. Make sure to spread the word!
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Automated Releases with Maven and Google App Engine
Versature has been building our applications using Java and deploying them on Google App Engine for some time. It has been a very effective solution for us. Recently, I wanted to improve our release...
View ArticlePosting on the Versature Blog
I have been posting on Versature’s blog, conVERSAtion, as most of that content is better suited to it. A few recent posts of mine: Firmware Labour Pain Office Extension in Your Pocket Taming the...
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