I couldn’t find a Python cheat sheet that I liked, so I made another.

Python cheat sheet 0.1 (A4, OpenDocument)

Python Cheat sheet 0.1 (A4, PDF)

It’s rough, but pretty usable. I need to make better use of space/colour, choose a clearer font and link it into the Python docs.
The license will be either Python Software Foundation License [...]

The XBox 360 (Xenon), Wii (Broadway) and Playstation 3 (Cell) all use an IBM licensed PowerPC CPU.
The Ubuntu spell-check dictionary includes ‘SPARCstation’, but not ‘PlayStation’.
YSlow rocks.
Users of IIS should not believe the official docs on HTTP Compression, instead go to Coding Horror.
MythTV has a several second delay, changing between live channels, the delay is inherent [...]

Backing up my home folder this weekend, in readiness for the Ubuntu Intrepid beta I spotted some unusual path names scroll by:
~/.local/share/applications
~/.local/share/desktop-directories
~/.local/share/gnome-do
~/.local/share/mime
~/.local/share/Mono Paint
~/.local/share/Trash
~/.local/share/tracker
It turns out that the hidden folders $HOME/.local/, $HOME/.config, and $HOME/.cache are default values, specified by the Freedesktop.org Basedir specification. To override these values one may set some environment varibles:

$XDG_DATA_HOME for user [...]

It’s been Five years since I moved to Birmngham, to begin work with Defence Estates. I’ve enjoyed my time there, the people are fantastic and I’ve learnt much. It’s now time to move on; I want to find new challenges and broader horizons.
If you’re looking for a DBA, a system administrator, someone skilled in GIS [...]

In Fitts’ Law and Minimalism vs GTK+ and Qt I complained about the excessive use of borders and padding in GTK+ and Qt. Here’s what I’ve got so far (click for unscaled versions):

Although work in progress still, I think the window looks cleaner already. Most importantly the chat history scrollbar now lies flush with the [...]

Anybody who tried to register on this blog during the last 6 months or so, would not have received an activation email. So many people will have been unable to comment. If this has happened to you sorry for the inconvenience.
This Wordpress installation can now send emails, thanks to the Configure SMTP plugin by Scott [...]

Apologies to anyone who got email to moreati.org.uk bounced or a 404 over the last week. I’ve been moving hosting provider, from Dreamhost to Webfaction and ironing out some finer points of DNS configuration - I’m a DBA Jim, not a network engineer.
Thanks to standards and open source software information services are becoming interchangeable commodities, [...]

Thanks to a comment on the blog post Hacking T-Mobile, I’ve discovered that the T-Mobile Web n Walk transparent proxy can be bypassed neutered. Assuming you use Firefox, here are the steps:

Install the Modify Headers addon.
In Tools -> Modify Headers, open the Modify Headers dialog.
Along the top row set the operation as Add, [...]

I’ll admit it, I’m cheap when it comes to telecommunication. I generally look for the line rental refund when renewing my mobile and I hate paying line rental to BT.
Two years ago I moved house, outside the area cabled by Blueyonder, who were great. First I tried Orange broadband, which was free with my [...]

It is said there are 2 types of people:

Those who perform backups.
Those who’ve never lost valuable data.

This is wrong, I’m in a third, transitory group. I’m no longer in the second group, but I’m not yet in the first. I resolve to join, once I replace my ex hard disk - now a rattle.
Embarrassingly, it [...]