mouseOver events in Selenium and jQuery hover
If you have created some client functionality that is triggered when the user moves the mouse over an element, you may run into trouble testing with Selenium’s mouseOver method. I recently implemented...
View ArticleImportError: cannot import name fixtag
Installing supervisor on Natty Nat will undoubtedly throw the error ImportError: cannot import name fixtag The root cause of this error is the python-meld3 library and the following import statement:...
View ArticleBritish Columbia Marijuana Grow Operations
Andy McKay linked to a bit of interesting data from his twitter account. I wanted to be able to visualize the data so I used it as an excuse to try out flask, a python micro web framework, and some...
View ArticleWordPress on nginx
So I finally got around to moving my sandbox type stuff and my blog off of slicehost and onto linode. I rarely touch my blog and do anything with wordpress so it is always a bit of a chore to upgrade...
View ArticleDo you have a viable startup?
Here is a way to test if your startup’s idea/product is viable: - can you describe it one very short and succinct sentence? - can you describe the value it provides users/society in one very short...
View ArticleDefinitely Not A Loser, Nor A Late Bloomer
After reading Dave McClure‘s blog post, late bloomer, not a loser. (I hope), I couldn’t help but feel that it was a little like reading a supermodel complain about feeling fat and ugly. Nobody wants to...
View ArticleMaking Vim The Best Editor for Python
This is yet another outline of how to setup vim to be a world class editor for professional development. If done right, vim is more powerful, faster, and will make you more productive than any feature...
View ArticleRequest Server or Hostname Must Match Flask’s SERVER_NAME to Route Successfully
I ran into a stubborn little problem with an nginx, uWSGI, Flask stack. We needed to support sending requests to the application using either the FQDN (fully qualified domain name) or just the...
View Articlebrew install postgres 9.2 output
# Build Notes If builds of PostgreSQL 9 are failing and you have version 8.x installed, you may need to remove the previous version first. See: https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/issue/2510 To...
View ArticleConnecting USB Drives To A Fun-Plugged DNS-323
He is how to connect a USB drive to a DNS-323. Essentially, wget usb-storage.ko insmod usb-storage.ko mkdir /mnt/usb1 mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb2 /mnt/usb1 You can find out what device was attached by...
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