Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 64
February 26, 2016
Goodreads: What books did I read last week and last month?
I occasionally want to look in Goodreads for what I read last month or last week, and that currently means sorting by date read and counting down to the beginning and end of the period in question. This Python script will do that search on an exported Goodreads csv file.
February 24, 2016
How does Apple���s supposed anti-conservative bias matter?
If you think Apple has a bias against conservatives or Christians, you definitely don���t want Apple to build a tool its employees can use to help guess an iPhone���s password.
February 23, 2016
Chatham, New York: Librarium
In East Chatham, there is a back road that turns right to connect you to a small highway. Next to that road is a sign advertising a bookstore. You should visit that bookstore.
February 17, 2016
The universality of life in stories
Evil doesn���t win by being evil. It wins by convincing us that it is virtuous. Pregnant women know, instinctively, that they are carrying a child. But we have allowed ourselves to be convinced as a society that they are wrong.
February 16, 2016
Lebanese Cuisine
Garlic, eggplant, and chickpeas. You can���t hardly go wrong with Lebanese food, and this book is great.
February 12, 2016
Converting an existing Django model to Django-MPTT
Using a SQL database to mimic a filesystem will, eventually, create bottlenecks when it comes to traversing the filesystem. One solution is modified preordered tree traversal, which saves the tree structure in an easily-used manner inside the model.
February 10, 2016
Can Californians drink a train?
The meme goes that even if we���re wrong about global warming, the money spent will still make the world a better place. That is only true if you can drink a high-speed train.
February 9, 2016
Newaygo, Michigan: Bay Leaf Books
If you���re passing near Newaygo Michigan, don���t miss this bookstore hidden among the antique stores and art stores of little Newaygo.
February 6, 2016
Test classes and objects in python
One of the advantages of object-oriented programming is that objects can masquerade as each other.
February 4, 2016
Did government funding help keep Flint���s water unsafe?
When researchers rely on government funding to keep their jobs, it should come as no surprise that they aren���t eager to publish findings that reflect badly on those government agencies that fund them.
