Last time I wrote about doing imports of large data sets when using AFIncrementalStore to handle server synchronization I thought I had made an end-run around it, finding a technique which was compatible but faster. I was wrong. Before I begin, this is not a knock on...
Not terribly long ago, XML was the darling of the web. HTML4 was reformulated as XHTML 1.0, SOAP messages were XML, and let us not forget XMLHttpRequest. XML’s 15 minutes of fame came and went, however, when JSON entered the scene. Your ajax request today is far...
Image by the Manchester City Library USB flash drive manufacturers hate you and me. How do I know this? It will become obvious should you try to buy a small USB flash drive. Now, I don’t mean like fits in your pocket. I mean small like fits in your wallet. (No,...
When we think of the term radio, “high-tech” isn’t the first word that comes to mind anymore. A lot of people will think of analog commercial radio (“FM/AM“), something that started up around the 1920s. In fact, many airports, public safety organizations, and...
pdbpp is an awesome module that replaces pdb and makes debugging way nicer in Python. https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pdbpp/ A debugger is an extremely useful tool. I used to spend a lot of time with pdb. Then there was pdbpp and it has made debugging a much much nicer...
