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Category Archives: Project
Released editmoin 1.15
Version 1.15 of editmoin is now available. The following changes were made: Moin used to work with numerical IDs for identification, and editmoin was still based on this model. This release adds support for direct authentication as available in current … Continue reading
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Xpresser – Python library for GUI automation with image matching
In a hurry? Go check it out! The context A while ago I found out about Sikuli, a very interesting project which allows people to script actions in GUIs based on screenshot excerpts. The idea is that you basically take … Continue reading
Posted in Project, Python, Test
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The last 4 years (and the next N?)
Some interesting changes have been happening in my professional life, so I wanted to share it here to update friends and also for me to keep track of things over time (at some point I will be older and will … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Cloud, Java, Project, Python
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Geocaching on the Easter Island
This post is not about what you think it is, unfortunately. I actually do hope to go to the Easter Island at some point, but this post is about a short story which involves geohash.org, Groundspeak (from geocaching.com), and very … Continue reading
Posted in GPS, Mobile, Project
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Wiki + Spreadsheet
The underlying concept is very simple: spreadsheets are a way to organize text, numbers and formulas into what might be seen as a natively numeric environment: a matrix. So what would happen if we loosed some of the bolts of … Continue reading
Posted in Math, Project, Python
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Google using Geohash
According to Dave Troy, Google seems to be using the Geohash algorithm: Google is employing the GeoHash algorithm I’ve been pushing to do spatial searching using BigTable. Since database schemes like BigTable don’t support traditional GIS extensions/spatial indexes, GeoHash allows … Continue reading
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dateutil 1.4 is out
Friday I’ve released version 1.4 of dateutil. There are some interesting fixes there, so please upgrade if you have the chance.
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Enhancements on geohash.org
Some improvements to geohash.org were made. Some of them were motivated by a conversation with Rodrigo Stulzer. Support for geocoding addresses (city names, whatever). E.g. http://geohash.org/?q=21 Millbank, London Support for moving the Geohash marker in the embedded map, so that modifying the … Continue reading
Posted in GPS, Project, Python
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geohash.org is public!
After about one year writing this service in my spare time, it’s finally out. geohash.org offers short URLs which encode a latitude/longitude pair, so that referencing them in emails, forums, and websites is more convenient. Geohashes offer properties like arbitrary … Continue reading
Posted in Article, GPS, Project, Python
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Mocker 0.10 and trivial patch-mocking of existing objects
Mocker 0.10 is out, with a number of improvements! While we’re talking about Mocker, here is another interesting use case, exploring a pretty unique feature it offers. Suppose we want to test that a method hello() on an object will … Continue reading
Posted in Project, Python, Snippet, Test
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