Turning a burr
Burrs are very interesting bits of wood. They are odd growths that occur on the surface of tree trunks. I’m fascinated by what causes them to occur, since they are basically a mass of knots. Wikipedia on burrs Burrs typically have all sort of faults within the wood. But the wood is so dense both physically and…
Witter – a basic python twitter client for Maemo
So I wrote last week about developing a basic twitter client. And this week I got the main stuff done, and wanted to share the code example here.
Developing applications for Maemo
When I first got my nokia 770 I intended to develop for it. I had a few ideas of what to write, but discovered apps already existing for just about everything I could think of. I also discovered that it’s not that easy developing for maemo.
First steps in a new software project
This week I started a brand new project. This time it’s the start of product development, rather than just an internal project to get something running. And it really is new, so everyone is new and we’re setting up everything from scratch. So this is my list of things to go from nothing to a…
Pen turning
Well it had to happen eventually. Given a lathe for enough time eventually you’ll give in to the allure of pen turning. I had started talking about giving it a go, and not long after Kat found herself in Turners Retreat with her dad. Being awesome, she bought me some supplies for turning pens.
Retrospective on an agile project
Yesterday I finished my 5 week project. I still can’t believe it’s been 5 weeks, it’s gone so fast.I wrote a bit about it a couple of weeks ago. And now that it’s finished I wanted to reflect a little on how it went.
My new Toyota Aygo
After what felt like a never ending wait, it finally arrived. To be fair to Toyota they always said it was not due until sometime in October. So the fact that I actually got it in the last days of September is nothing to complain about.
3 strikes out.
On Saturday I went to London. I was going to have a play with the N900 at the Nokia flagship store on Regent street. Unfortunately they didn’t have one, else this post would be about my hands on time with it. Instead I am given cause to consider switching network provide for my phone.
The Mallet of many mistakes
In last months woodturning magazine there was a project-in-a-day feature for making a mallet. I caught my eye because the head of the mallet was made from lignum vitae, a very dense hard wood which is normally found in the balls used for lawn bowls. As it happens I was recently given a couple of…