I attempted to install PyXML on Mac OS X 10.5 today and ran into a problem: I was unable to load any of the PyXML modules: >>> from xml import xpath Traceback (most recent call last): File ““, line 1, in ImportError: cannot import name xpath` So, the problem originates from this nasty hack that allows PyXML [...]
I’ve released SmugMugExport 1.0.3. Notable changes include: new subcategory selection in the album creation interface use of PUT instead of multi-part POST for uploading images new keyboard shortcuts for adding and removing albums (try ‘-’, ‘+’, or Delete) other bug fixes, internal cleanup, etc To those unfamiliar with the project, SmugMugExport is an iPhoto export plugin that allows you [...]
I wrote CocoaICU about a year ago when I made the following observations: ICU has great regular expression support ICU is installed on Mac OS X Foundation lacks support for regexes. CocoaICU is simply a light layer of Objective-C code that encapsulates ICU. It’s remarkable that Cocoa still lacks regular expression support. I am not a Leopard user or [...]
There is no shortage of advice available to guide you in writing a resume. I’m going to pollute those waters a bit more and lend my advice which is targeted at software developers. It’s fairly easy for an intelligent person with a bit of work experience to write a mediocre resume: insert contact info, insert previous [...]
I’d like to annouce the availability of SmugMugExport, a SmugMug iPhoto plugin. SmugMugExport is free, open-source software that is distributed under the BSD license. The goal of SmugMugExport is to provide a simple interface for uploading files to SmugMug. The goal of the plugin is not to provide a complete interface to all of [...]
I’m reading Joel’s book Joel on Software. The book is fun to read and I agree with most of what Joel has to say. A lot of the content is five years old but most of it doesn’t sound dated. Joel has some annoying tendencies as a writer that bothered me. The most [...]
iTunes2web 1.1 has been released. It should now run properly on Intel Macs.
I’ve built it before but I seem to always forget how it’s done. Here are the steps: Configure, build, and install neon 0.25.5. You must use the specific version required by subversion and at this time, subversion requires 0.25.5. Configure neon as follows: ./configure –with-ssl=openssl –enable-shared Build and install Apache 2 as instructed from Apple’s [...]
This blog uses WordPress for its backend. Until today, I was using ecto to publish my posts and formatting my posts using HTML. In general, it works ok. For the sake of change, I decided this morning to try a new blogging workflow: Format posts in Markdown Write posts using TextMate Keep WordPress as my [...]
Mac OS X 10.4 includes the ICU library but no simple way to actually use it. ICU is an open source Unicode library developed by IBM for Unicode and Locale-dependent functionality. Apple provides the library (/usr/lib/libicucore.dylib) in a standard Mac OS X installation but no headers to compile against the library. [...]