- Zen Portraits
- Third Normal Form and Ultimate Truth
I have an opinion: most people learned about relational databases as if RDBMSes were designed to store the ultimate truth about some data. They figured that once the schema had been properly diagrammed and normalized, then they could [ ... ]
- Philly MongoDB User Group: Python, MongoDB, and Asynchronous Web Frameworks
Photo (C) Parent5446 I'll be recapping last week's talk on Python, MongoDB, and Asynchronous Web Frameworks this Thursday at 7pm, in Philadelphia, at the Philly MongoDB User Group's inaugural meetup. We'll be at the Devnuts office, at [ ... ]
- Slides from my talk on asynchronous web frameworks, Python, and MongoDB
Here's the slides for the talk I gave at the NYC Python Meetup tonight, on asynchronous web frameworks, Python, and MongoDB. Direct link. Embedded: Python, async web frameworks, and MongoDB View more PowerPoint from emptysquare
- Andrea Bruce, "Uncovering the Sadness of Young Deaths"
Photo: Andrea Bruce A photo essay by Andrea Bruce for the NY Times, on infant deaths in Afghanistan. The chiaroscuro lighting she uses (or finds naturally, in huts with small windows) links her to Renaissance religious painters like [ ... ]
- This Thursday: a talk on Python, MongoDB, and asynchronous web frameworks
This Thursday in NYC I'm talking about Python, MongoDB, and asynchronous web frameworks at a meetup called For the Love of Python: Wine tasting, Red velvet cupcakes, and Tech Talks. The talk is a work in progress. To be strictly accurate, I [ ... ]
- Photos of Old Animals
The Times the other day linked to an excellent photo project, Isa Leshko's "Elderly Animals". The Times says, Ms. Leshko was inspired to carry out her project after spending a year caring for her mother, who has Alzheimer’s disease [ ... ]
- Zencation
Photo: A. Jesse Jiryu Davis I'm back in NYC tonight. I spent a few days in Chicago with my girlfriend's family for Christmas, and we're leaving tomorrow for our habitual weeklong Zen retreat with the Village Zendo. I've had a pretty good [ ... ]
- Tornado Unittesting: Eventually Correct
Photo: Tim Green I'm a fan of Tornado, one of the major async web frameworks for Python, but unittesting async code is a total pain. I'm going to review what the problem is, look at some klutzy solutions, and propose a better way. If you don't [ ... ]
- Keep Watching the Skies - Slide Show - NYTimes.com
Keep Watching the Skies - Slide Show - NYTimes.com.