Electronic Scrapbook

Scale of Planets and stars

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:59:06 +0000

A great little video to demonstrate the scale of the planets and stars

WSGI comes home

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 13:03:16 +0000

WSGI Ref, the reference implementation for WSGI has been checked into Python svn repository for inclusion in the stdlib in Python 2.5.
Looks like the BDFL is serious about the Web

Open Data Formats in Minnesota

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:11:10 +0000

A bill has been introduced in the Minesota House of Representatives ( lower house ) to require the state agencies to use open data formats.

The most interesting bits of the bill are these underscored clause ( amends the statute ) :

(1) is free for all to implement and use in perpetuity, with no royalty or fee;
(4) has a specification available for all to read, in a human-readable format, written
in commonly accepted technical language;
(5) is documented, so that anyone can write software that can read and interpret the
complete semantics of any data file stored in the data format;

RGB Goodness

Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:15:15 +0000

RGB Goodness, my photoblog has been setup.
It will exhibit my photographs and hints on photography as a journey through improving my photographic technique.
New exhibits will be hosted daily and all comments, feedback, crictisms will be accepted.

Please visit RGB Goodness at your leisure.

OpenOffice.org Developer Article Contest

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:05:38 +0000

OpenOffice.org is running a monthly contest for the best Developer Articles on OpenOffice.org.
Articles on porting, add-on and filter development (e.g. new wizards, Calc functions, chart types, etc.), bug fixing, etc are all welcome.
The best article every month win $750.
Maybe I should write something on PyUNO component development?

See the contest rules for more info

ODF Toolkits

Fri, 03 Mar 2006 07:27:23 +0000

Sean McGrath on ODF Toolkits

A good starting point on ODF is OpenOffice.org’s XML Project
Also the OpenOffice.org’s Developers Guide and the OpenOffice.org SDK are good resources for working with OpenOffice.org

Christmas Trees in the Sand

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 10:26:21 +0000

Transplant, a public artwork by Artists Tara Kennedy and Barbara Nealon collected Christmas trees “planted” them on Sandymount Strand on January the 8th.
The Christmas Trees were left “planted” for a complete tide before being recycled.

Photo of the Day: Building in Reflection

Tue, 03 Jan 2006 12:01:13 +0000

Buildings in Reflection
Taken at Dun Laoighaire harbour

OpenOffice.org 2.0.1 release

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:32:05 +0000

OpenOffice.org 2.0.1 has been released

Get it from the Irish OpenOffice.org Mirror

Picture of the Day: Howth Harbour

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 13:24:23 +0000

Vishal saw this on my PC this morning and asked me why I hadn’t posted it. I thought I had posted it already.
So here it is:

Anyway, this was taken a few weeks ago og Howth Harbour on the northside of Dublin