crazed monkey http://crazedmonkey.com/blog Ian Stevens' weblog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:42:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 PASW Statistics Data File Driver Guide http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/pasw-statistics-data-file-driver-guide.html http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/pasw-statistics-data-file-driver-guide.html#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:42:30 +0000 Ian Stevens http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/pasw-statistics-data-file-driver-guide.html PASW is the old name for SPSS. The statistics program outputs a .sav file, what is essentially a file-based database. This guide contains instructions on how to use a driver to access data within the SPSS output file. The driver exposes an ODBC source for data access. It may be possible to use SqlAlchemy to access that source. If so, one can read and write SPSS data files from Python.

]]> http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/pasw-statistics-data-file-driver-guide.html/feed 0 Nick Brandt – A Shadow Falls (2005-2007) http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/nick-brandt-a-shadow-falls-2005-2007.html http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/nick-brandt-a-shadow-falls-2005-2007.html#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:07 +0000 Ian Stevens http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/nick-brandt-a-shadow-falls-2005-2007.html “Few photographers have ever considered the photography of wild animals (as distinctly opposed to the genre of Wildlife Photography) as an art form. The emphasis has generally been on capturing the drama of wild animals IN ACTION, on capturing that dramatic single moment as opposed to simply animals in the state of being.

I’ve always thought this something of a wasted opportunity. The wild animals of Africa lend themselves to photographs that extend aesthetically beyond the norm of 35mm-color telephoto wildlife photography. And so it is, that in my own way, I would like to yank the subject matter of wildlife into the arena of fine art photography. To take photographs that transcend what has been a largely documentative genre.” – Nick Brandt

]]> http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/nick-brandt-a-shadow-falls-2005-2007.html/feed 0 Almost an entire day wasted be… http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/tweets/almost-an-entire-day-wasted-be.html http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/tweets/almost-an-entire-day-wasted-be.html#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:36:50 +0000 Ian Stevens http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/tweets/almost-an-entire-day-wasted-be.html Almost an entire day wasted because of a version number.

]]> http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/tweets/almost-an-entire-day-wasted-be.html/feed 0 Scaling python webapps from 0 to 50 million users – A top-down approach http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/scaling-python-webapps-from-0-to-50-million-users-a-top-down-approach.html http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/scaling-python-webapps-from-0-to-50-million-users-a-top-down-approach.html#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:14:38 +0000 Ian Stevens http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/scaling-python-webapps-from-0-to-50-million-users-a-top-down-approach.html LOLapps makes use of Paster, Tornado, SQLAlchemy and others to serve 50 million Facebook users a month. Here are their slides from their PyCon2010 talk on the methods they used to boost performance of their gaming servers.

]]> http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/scaling-python-webapps-from-0-to-50-million-users-a-top-down-approach.html/feed 0 PyCon US videos for 2009 and 2010 http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/pycon-us-videos-for-2009-and-2010.html http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/pycon-us-videos-for-2009-and-2010.html#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:30:00 +0000 Ian Stevens http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/pycon-us-videos-for-2009-and-2010.html Didn’t make it to PyCon? Watch some of the presentations here.

]]> http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/pycon-us-videos-for-2009-and-2010.html/feed 0 Boosting MongoDB performance with Unix sockets http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/boosting-mongodb-performance-with-unix-sockets.html http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/boosting-mongodb-performance-with-unix-sockets.html#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:37:09 +0000 Ian Stevens http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/boosting-mongodb-performance-with-unix-sockets.html MongoDB lacks Unix domain socket support. Using a file socket rather than a TCP socket results in better performance. “Running the same benchmarks gives [a] time of 35.8s, vs 43.9s over TCP, and 28.9s with the RAM cache vs 31.1s on TCP.” Here’s a patch implementing domain sockets for MongoDB.

]]> http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/links/boosting-mongodb-performance-with-unix-sockets.html/feed 0 This guy talks awfully matter-… http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/tweets/this-guy-talks-awfully-matter.html http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/tweets/this-guy-talks-awfully-matter.html#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:57:31 +0000 Ian Stevens http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/tweets/this-guy-talks-awfully-matter.html This guy talks awfully matter-of-fact about 3D modelling a scrotum using pics of chicken legs. RT @BoingBoing: http://bit.ly/d2BkpG

]]> http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/tweets/this-guy-talks-awfully-matter.html/feed 0 Question for the JQuery gurus:… http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/tweets/question-for-the-jquery-gurus.html http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/tweets/question-for-the-jquery-gurus.html#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:51:51 +0000 Ian Stevens http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/tweets/question-for-the-jquery-gurus.html Question for the JQuery gurus: How can I limit a block element’s click action to its non-clickable children? http://pastebin.com/UnKqaKxH

]]> http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/tweets/question-for-the-jquery-gurus.html/feed 0 We’re planning a Montreal trip… http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/tweets/were-planning-a-montreal-trip.html http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/tweets/were-planning-a-montreal-trip.html#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:48:31 +0000 Ian Stevens http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/tweets/were-planning-a-montreal-trip.html We’re planning a Montreal trip for Easter weekend. Can anyone recommend a nice place to stay that’s walking distance from downtown?

]]> http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/tweets/were-planning-a-montreal-trip.html/feed 0 RT @jaygoldman: Jon Stewart ta… http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/tweets/rt-jaygoldman-jon-stewart-ta.html http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/tweets/rt-jaygoldman-jon-stewart-ta.html#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:00:19 +0000 Ian Stevens http://crazedmonkey.com/blog/tweets/rt-jaygoldman-jon-stewart-ta.html RT @jaygoldman: Jon Stewart takes a spin on Chat Roulette http://bit.ly/cNXQgt (In Canada: http://bit.ly/csAAZp)

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