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nginx, gunicorn and repeated requests

Posted on February 27, 2016 by miles

I ran into an interesting issue today that I could not find anywhere on Google, so wanted to document it. In my move over from C++ app development to web development, I suddenly found I was hugely distanced from the … Continue reading →

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Micro Python: Python for microcontrollers

Posted on November 14, 2013 by miles

A good friend of mine, Damien George, has been busy this year creating “Micro Python” – an implementation of Python 3.3 for microcontrollers. He has a Kickstarter going here – this is an amazingly cool project, please check it out! … Continue reading →

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Git and .pycs – not the best of friends

Posted on September 17, 2013 by miles

Coming from a C++ background, using Python for the first time was pretty amazing.  The ease with which you can link in other libraries and quickly write code is fantastic.  Learning and using Git for the first time on the … Continue reading →

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Learning Python

Posted on September 11, 2013 by miles

About a year ago my wife and I packed up all our things and moved to the Silicon Valley to work for SurveyMonkey.  As well as changing job, city and country, I switched from being a Windows application developer to … Continue reading →

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Steve Job’s cancer went unreported for 9 months

Posted on March 6, 2008 by miles

Why? Because he was busy trying new age garbage to try and treat it. Guess how that worked out for him. It turns out that doctors found the the tumor in October of 2003 during a routine scan. While a … Continue reading →

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Sand won’t save you this time.

Posted on March 5, 2008 by miles

No, it certainly won’t. Holy crap that is some scary stuff.  Ever felt like burning a bucket of sand?  Just get yourself some chlorine trifluoride.  Asbestos contaminating your house?  This will burn it right up. There’s a report from the … Continue reading →

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