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How to build and install the Metakit DB for Python on MacOSX

{ Posted on Feb 10 2009 by david }
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Categories : Code Sample, Geek, How-To, Technology
Ever since I used it years ago on a geek-project for my Zaurus, the Metakit DB has always been a favorite of mine. I had the chance to use it again on another personal project and this time on MacOSX. ...Read More »

My First Document Scanner

{ Posted on Nov 27 2008 by david }
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Categories : Productivity, Reviews, Technology
Today I ordered a NeatScan document / receipt scanner made by NeatCo! I’m pretty excited because I’ve always wanted one ever since the days of the Visioneer Paperport. The idea of a paperless office really appealed to me mostly due to ...Read More »

My predictions about the success of Apple’s iPhone

{ Posted on Jun 28 2007 by david }
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Categories : Apple, Business, Technology
After digesting all of the stories, videos, blogs and comments on the ‘Net, I make my predictions about the success of the iPhone. Here we are on the eve of what is arguably the hottest product launch in the history of ...Read More »

Ditching Zope and Plone for simplicity and creativity!

{ Posted on Jun 23 2007 by david }
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Categories : Misc, Technology
To be fair, I had found a theme plug-in that was a template which could be used to create your own theme. I knew that I could do it, but also knew that it was going to take time. For ...Read More »

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, which DVCS should I let go?

{ Posted on Jul 18 2006 by david }
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A critical tool in a programmer’s chest includes a version control system (VCS) to keep track of software changes. I was initially going to install the Subversion VCS for my new projects, but decided to look around for other alternatives. ...Read More »

A report card of AJAX/DHTML platform compatibility.

{ Posted on Mar 19 2006 by david }
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Categories : Technology
I’ve been checking out more of the AJAX/DHTML libraries which have been released lately. In the back of my head I have a nagging question about their cross-platform compatibility. I certainly don’t want to use anything which isn’t cross-platform, because ...Read More »

When did Linux become mainstream?

{ Posted on Feb 27 2006 by david }
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Categories : Misc, Technology
I read an article on lxer.com which talks about perceived changes in the culture of LinuxToday.com. It blames the widespread adoption of Linux as the culprit which shooed away the hard-core geeks from the site. Of course Linux adoption was ...Read More »

Setup MarsEdit with Quills 0.9 Final

{ Posted on Feb 25 2006 by david }
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Categories : Geek, How-To, Technology
I have been wanting to find a better way to write blogs rather than using the Plone interface. I was happy to find that MarsEdit and Quills both implement several blog APIs. Though it would appear that the implementation for ...Read More »

Added AdSense by Google

{ Posted on Feb 14 2006 by david }
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Categories : How-To, Technology
One thing that I like about Google is that they make things easy. One thing that I like about Plone and Zope is that they make things easy. In about an hour or two, I managed to put AdSense ads on my ...Read More »