Category Archives: Computers

Presenting: django-simple-wiki

Posted on April 27, 2009 by benjamin

It was bothering me that all the wikis I tried, all had either errors, feature lacks, too many dependencies or were simply unmaintained. So I decided to create yet another one. Curiously, the third hit when googling ‘django wiki’ is … Continue reading →

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Getting started with Data Parallel Haskell

Posted on April 9, 2009 by benjamin

DPH is a work-in-progress, and not everything is yet easy to realize. But you should still prepare yourself as a Haskell programmer, because this is really where Haskell can set off into uncharted areas of popularity and innovation. As an … Continue reading →

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GTK and scrolling without scrollbars

Posted on January 27, 2009 by benjamin

There’s still some work to do on the full screen plugin for Rhythmbox, but the current version is very usable indeed. The latest addition is scrolling by hovering the track list. I changed the display from a normal fixed table … Continue reading →

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Nullable Object must have a value

Posted on August 14, 2008 by benjamin

I’ve been coding a lot of ASP.NET lately using the whole Microsoft portfolio of dev tools, and I’m in total shock. I had expected to hate it, but not from rational reasoning, but rather because they made it. I thought … Continue reading →

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Django tip: Translating your application names (app_label)

Posted on July 20, 2008 by benjamin

This MUST be a common issue for international developers: We use some geeky English name for our application and afterwards find that the translated admin index looks a little silly in the eyes of our native speaking users. Apparently a … Continue reading →

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