Category Archives: Code

Interview Developer Test

When I interviewed earlier this week, I was given a developer take-home test to complete as part of the application process. The test consists of six short coding problems, any three of which are required to be completed within 48 hours of receiving the test. I do not think there are any issues with me … (Continue reading →)


Blog Comment Design

I updated my blog comments from the Hemingway default to a more iconic design. A post about blog comments that I saw a few weeks ago inspired me to use the “big number” idea for my own comments. I also enabled Gravatars and have highlighted my own comments when I make them. I have posted … (Continue reading →)


Yahoo! Weather Feeds With Python

Download the weather script from GitHub. UPDATE: Chris Lasher updated my script. It now utilizes optparse and docstrings. Some of the options have been changed, too, and I have licensed the code under a by-nc-sa CC license. I have updated this post to reflect these changes. Thanks, Chris! I believe that everyone likes to know … (Continue reading →)


Geek Tool Redux

I last wrote about GeekTool when I had an iTunes script and some process management output on my desktop. I have a few new scripts that I’ll highlight here. tail -25 /var/log/system.log The first script displays the last 25 lines of the system log. In Mac OS X 10.5, the system log rolls over at … (Continue reading →)


Twitter Stats

Update: TweetStats webifies a version of these Twitter statistics. Damon Cortesi wrote a pretty nifty script to grab some Twitter statistics. A bunch of people modified his script in order to webify it, plot the results using gnuplot, and plot the results with the Google Charts API. This last modification really intrigued me, as I … (Continue reading →)