I'm working on a small project that will require me to dot-source some PowerShell files in order to load their functions, aliases, and variables and make them available in a session. Actually, I have to do a little more than dot-source each file, but I'll keep the example simple to …
I won't talk about every book I read here - that's what Goodreads is for. However, every once in a while something exceptional's bound to come up, and I'll be compelled to mention it here. This is one such thing. Anyone who's talked to me this year will have heard how …
I was listening to CBC's Ideas Podcast today, specifically to You Are "Pre-Diseased", Part 2 (which aired on 18 January and is available for download until mid-February, in case you want to listen) when I heard a new acronym that's relevant to my Day Job.
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LibraryHippo's main function is fetching current library account status for patrons. Since I have no special relationship with any of the libraries involved, LibraryHippo web scrapes the libraries' web interfaces.
The library websites issue cookies and redirects, so I needed to do something to augment the URL Fetch Python …
It's a little late, but I'm participating in Tarek Ziadé's Python Meme (via Richard Jones):
Google App Engine. I'd known of it before, but hadn't tried it until early this year when I started to work …
I enjoy reading and using my local libraries. My wife and I have four library cards between us - one each for the Waterloo Public Library, one for the Kitchener Public Library, and one for the Region of Waterloo Library. Using our cards, we were able to find all kinds of …