[Daniel] Parenting Is... #8

...allowing your index finger to become the teething ring of choice.

[Daniel] Parenting Is... #7

...the overwhelming empty feeling you get when your child (and spouse) are away visiting.

[Daniel] Wagging Work Downtime

In addition to the other downtime experienced today, Wagging Work has been taken down for a little while. I had begun the transition to the "newforms" library but had not previously completed it. Since it definitely seems to be the way of the future for Django, I am in the process of converting the rest of the app to "newforms", migrating back to MySQL and will bring the site back online once the upgrades are complete. Again, patience is appreciated.

[Daniel] Downtime

So, apparently a recent commit in the Django Subversion repository increase the version requirement in the MySQL adapter to 1.2.1p2. Those of you on Dreamhost would notice this, as I did, by the huge number of error messages that flooded into your inbox. Within the last 24 hours, I received well over 300 messages of exceptions being thrown. So if you're among the many who received the nasty purple error screen, my apologies.

The solution to this problem, at least for me, was to install my own version of Python and all the libraries I needed within my home directory, modifying my "~/.bash_profile" to point to the new binary and adapting all FastCGI handlers to point to the new binary. You can use this Turbogears article to get started, then simply symbolic link your Django into your new "site-packages" instead of installing TurboGears.

Benefits: I now control all of the version of Python-related stuff for my projects. I have waited for literally months for Dreamhost to update the "MySQLdb" library to one that handles decimals properly and now I simply don't have to wait for them. Another benefit comes from being able to migrate Wagging Work back to MySQL as things like, oh I don't know MONEY AMOUNTS, will work now.

Thank you to everyone for their patience and rest assured that the plans for world domination will now continue.

[Moriah] Parenting Is... #6

...admiring the large canon shot of poo fired perfectly across the changing mat and dresser in between changing diapers.

[Daniel] Parenting Is... #5

...the excitement that comes from your child's first time rolling over (soon to be YouTube'd).

[Daniel] Programmer Personality Test

Saw this today via Digg:

Programmer Personality Test

Yes, programmers have been known to have personalities. The test is similar to a Myers-Briggs personality test. I received a PHSB for being a Planner, coding at a High level, usually working Solo and being liBeral with comments/whitespace. I think all are pretty true, save for perhaps the Solo aspect. Just thought it was interesting.