Category Archives: Open Source

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Making Server-Side MongoDB Functions Less Awkward

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Michael Schurter

I’ve recently switched my project at work to use MongoDB for the user database and a few other datasets. Currently I don’t use many JavaScript functions, but when I do I like to store them on the server so that … Continue reading →

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Web Developer Contractor Rates

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Michael Schurter

We just happened* to start chatting in the #pdxdjango IRC channel on Freenode about what the rates web developer contractors charge today, and I wanted to post my experiences after leaving the contractor world a few months ago after 2 … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 9.10 on a Thinkpad T400

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Michael Schurter

I upgraded from Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 on my Lenovo Thinkpad T400 about a week ago, and thought I’d write down some of my impressions. Good news ATI graphics card with proprietary binary driver – just works (much better than … Continue reading →

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Google Chrome Frame

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Michael Schurter

I maintain a web application that must support Internet Explorer 6, so I was delighted to hear about Google Chrome Frame. Unfortunately their warnings of its alpha status seem to be well founded. The 2 show-stoppers I ran into fairly … Continue reading →

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Python Packaging Talk

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Michael Schurter

I gave a talk at PDX Python last night on Python Packaging. It’s just an overview and introduction completely lacking in any practical examples. Python Packaging slides (ODP) Python Packaging slides (PDF) Let me know if the ODP source is … Continue reading →

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Switched tc-rest to webob

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Michael Schurter

Small update on my toy tc-rest project: I switched to using WebOb for creating HTTP Request and Response objects. Cleaned up the code a bit, but a real dispatcher is what’s needed to really remove the cruft. I’m anxious to … Continue reading →

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