February 2010
4 posts
Python Gowalla API Client
To commemorate the first version of my Python Gowalla API Client, I’ve created a mock item for it. I plan to make a small intro/how-to page for it, but now I’ll just tease it with this banner.
If you haven’t already, check out the client here:
http://github.com/sentineldesign/python-gowalla
Box Model Study
After looking at a the instruction manual for a Lego set, I got an idea for representing the peculiarities of the standard and Internet Explorer 6 box models. These will be used in a CSS “anti-framework” I’m developing. More on that soon, but for now, here are my box model diagrams.
The layers represent the stacking order of each element (something other diagrams come close at...
Gowalla API out!
Last week I noticed that the Gowalla site expose some API GET calls that were yet to be announced. So, on the weekend I made a wrapper for these calls in Python and packaged the code up in order to release it on Github.
So, now that the Gowalla API is officially out, I believe I have the first public Python client. :) Check it out here:
http://github.com/sentineldesign/python-gowalla
Updated CodeIgniter DB2 driver
If you fall into the extremely unlikely event where you both need to access DB2 with CodeIgniter and have run into a situation where the latest database driver doesn’t work, I’ve got the fix for you. This may be because you are setting the charset or you require a different port than 664 (50000 being the port used by many for DB2).
Hence, I have updated the driver to heal all that...