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posted: 2005-09-07 21:37:36 3 comments Read More

10 Commandments for Software Development

I was reading the 'Zen of Python' from Tim Peters, which includes:
Beautiful is better than ugly.
Explicit is better than implicit.
Simple is better than complex.
Complex is better than complicated.
Flat is better than nested.
Sparse is better than dense.
Readability counts.
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
Although practicality beats purity.
Errors should never pass silently.
Unless explicitly silenced.
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
Although ...

posted: 2005-09-04 10:47:42 211 comments Read More

Jdango

SO I'm playing with Django's data modeling tonight. Django is a python framework similar to RubyOnRails. It manages the model in the code and all that jazz.

But its default behavior is to follow the relationships between entities in the wrong direction. For example, given the canonical Poll data model, you have polls, and the polls have choices. The natural outcome is that the choices have a reference to their parent poll. The admin interface lets you defines polls, but then go into a choices interface where you ...

posted: 2005-09-03 04:01:39 13 comments Read More

Bredesen opens TN Schools to displaced Students

Nashville City Paper

Students who have already paid tuition to a college or university in one of the affected Gulf areas will not have to pay again, according to Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) Chancellor Charles Manning.

posted: 2005-09-02 23:12:44 2 comments Read More

Google takes on Print

Here's a must-read:
Google takes ad sales to print | CNET News.com

Google is expanding its lucrative Internet advertising network into the print world in a bold attempt to capture traditional ad dollars.

They're buying up print space, chopping it into smaller parts and reselling them to print advertisers.

I'm guessing this will be on Poynter in no time.

posted: 2005-09-02 22:57:20 4 comments Read More

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