Dialog Windows in XMonad
2009 November 10
How to get XMonad to correctly handle EWMH dialog windows.
Introducing the Yocto Package Manager (yPkg)
2009 July 29
I have written an extremely simple package manager that is intended for users without root access to allow them to install software and easily remove it later.
Upgrading to CRUX 2.6 on Slicehost
2009 July 24
I've started upgrading my CRUX VPS at slicehost from 2.5 to 2.6.
BOM Weather Observations Available in JSON
2009 June 18
The other day, my wife asked what the weather would be like. So I go to the BOM website and discover that observations are available in JSON.
Doomsday Averted
2009 May 24
I have a PC in the shed that acts as a file server, it had been randomly rebooting for a while. Today I decided to investigate the problem with disastrous results.
Why you shouldn't skate in shorts
2009 May 07
As I was driving past the local skate park, I remembered my skates were in the boot and I had about half an hour to kill before picking up the wife from work. I was only wearing shorts; but figured, "Hey, what's the worst that could happen, I'll just take it easy"...
Extending Admin Forms in Django
2009 April 30
I wanted to use markItUp! for this blog without having to keep a local modified copy of the blog engine. Django's newforms admin makes this extremely simple to do.