djangotestxmlrpc
I had been working on DjangoPyPI and trying to fix some tests related to XML-RPC that were failing in versions of Python < 2.7, because the testing was relying on specifics of the implementation of xmlrpclib in Python 2.7. I...
Month: September 2012
Some tips for setting up Apache and mod_wsgi
I recently set up an internal PyPI server at work for hosting some of our internal Python packages. I used djangopypi and that was pretty easy to set up and get it working in the Django runserver. Most of the difficulty came in...
Have a conversation once or have it over and over forever
When a team is collaborating to create software, there are inevitably issues that come up in “big picture” areas like architecture and process. There are two ways to deal with these: Take some time out from the daily...
Carbonite woes
I’ve been using Carbonite for a while and it’s worked well most of this time (though how do you know if a backup tool is working?), but recently I’ve started to notice a few issues with it and I may end up...
What is up with Mail.app and Exchange?
Fired up Mail.app on my work laptop today for the first time in a while. Outlook 2011, OWA (the Outlook Web interface) and my iPhone all show the same state of my inbox, with a single message in it. Mail.app shows two messages -...
Tips for iPhone with a broken lock button
My iPhone 4 has a broken lock button. This is really annoying, because I can’t just press a button to lock the phone. I found a workaround, which makes it possible (though still clumsy) to lock the phone. Settings |...
An unnecessary AppleScript to convert an OmniFocus task into a project
I hacked this up and then discovered via a tweet from Ken Case of the OmniGroup that it's completely unnecessary, because you can convert a task into a project in OmniFocus simply by using the outlining outdent shortcut of...