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Backyard chickens in Ohio
My little flock of four birds got some attention in this article.
View ArticleWe need to make our conference presentations more accessible
When I say “more accessible” I mean any of these: useful for people with hearing / reading / seeing / cognitive / anything differences approachable for people at many different skill levels not...
View ArticleBarred rocks and a frosty morning
Filmed these last week weekend. You can hear my year-old daughter talking to them.
View ArticleObscure python syntax error
Been writing python for a long time. When I wrote this code, I could not figure out why I was getting a syntax error. d1 = dict( user_id=99, display_name='Matt Wilson',) d2 = dict(...
View Articleold-school code checklist
You can’t call it old-school code unless a majority of these are true: global vars are all registered at the top of the file, and are used to track state Comments contain author’s initials and a date...
View ArticleUpload files directly to Rackspace from the browser with AJAX PUT
I just wrote this up on my biz site. Upload files directly to Rackspace Cloudfiles from the browser with AJAX PUT I hope it helps somebody out!
View ArticleI really like my gardening boots
You don’t need many tools to start gardening. You can dig holes with a stick or a sharp rock. You can start seeds in tin cans. You can use all sorts of stuff to carry water. You really only need dirt,...
View ArticleWhat’s good and bad about github issues
Ticketing / workflow / bugtracker systems are always nasty. Github’s is pretty good. Maybe the best of what’s out there. But it ain’t perfect. Here’s what I like: It’s ready to go immediately once you...
View ArticleRIP hen #1
For two years now, I’ve been letting my hens free range around in a fenced-in section in my back yard during the day. They love it. Went out to check for eggs today after work and found one of my girls...
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Beware the trap of the local optimum
Lots of problems look a little like this: The Y-axis measures success at whatever problem you’re trying to solve. You start at the farthest left point on the curve and you can move left or right a...
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