Exploring the Common Crawl with Python
The Common Crawl is an organization that crawls the web. Here's how to explore their archives with Python.
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2015
Mac OS X Network Proxy Settings in Terminal
Mac OS X doesn't configure the command-line network proxy automatically when switching between wired and wireless networks. This post shows you how.
argparse: A quick overview of command line interfaces in Python
Create a simple Python command line utility using the argparse module.
Python unittest Fixtures
The Python 2.7 unittest package (unittest2 in Python < 2.7) provides several mechanisms for defining test fixtures of increasing granularity at the module...
What the =?UTF-8?B?ZnVjayDwn5CO?=!
A quick overview of encoded-word syntax, the scheme for sending non-ASCII characters over email.
Linux Lock Files
Often times, running processes on a Linux system need to coordinate their operations to prevent conflicts or race conditions. For example, two processes may ...
2014
Lets Make a Map: Baltimore Edition
I recently came across an excellent tutorial written by Mike Bostock for creating a map from scratch using D3 and TopoJSON. I thought that I would use it as ...
Use Django's Class-Based Views with Bootstrap Modals
Render a Django view in a Bootstrap modal using a little Python and JavaScript.
Getting Started with AOL Moloch
Get started with Moloch, an open source PCAP capturing system maintained by AOL.