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Because Internet Explorer is a Failure, That’s Why

over 4 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
About once a month since Firefox came out and was promptly recognized as a six-gallon bucket of awesome I read a blog post about how developers are lazy...

An Academic Inconvenience of Python

over 4 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
Sometimes Python’s roots in academia bug me. Lots of functions have a computer science feel instead of a software development feel. Here’s an...

Choose Your Candidate

~4 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
I haven’t posted a work update in a while, because mostly I’ve had a lull between projects and a new coworkers, so we’ve been cleaning...

Painless Upgrade to Rails 2.0

~4 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
I spent a dead-easy 2.5 hours last night updating NearbyGamers to Rails 2.0. My svn commit message read (with links added here for convenience): Updated...

Drifting Into Test-Driven Development

~4 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
About two years ago I first read about Test-Driven Development on the c2 wiki. It’s a simple plan: before you write code, write the tests that will...

A Very Short Review of Portal and Steam

~4 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
Portal: 0/10 Crashes after the Valve logo. Apparently it fails to detect that it doesn’t support my video card. This is the first time I’...

NearbyGamers Advertising

~4 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
I posted this to NearbyGamers, but lots more people read my blog than read the forums there, so I wanted to crosspost real quick. I’m stepping...

My Four-Year Patch

~4 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
I’d actually forgotten it and had to scratch my head a bit when I got the message my ticket was closed. In August of 2003 I submitted a patch to Fluxbox...

Django Template Tag for Dictionary Access

~4 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
About a million times when writing Django pages I’ve been iterating through a list of objects and wanted to look up a value in a dictionary keyed...

Bulk Registrar

~4 years ago by Peter Harkins on Push cx.
Does anyone have a favorite registrar for bulk registration and transfer? Ideally, I’d like to give it a list of a couple dozen domain names and auth...