You can simply create a new virtualenv from scratch with the new version of Python installed, but you can also upgrade your Python binary in place of the old.
I keep my python virtual environments in a hidden folder .virtualenvs in my home directory.
Inside my project I can …
Have you ever wanted to run a software stack locally, testing client/server interactions, all on the same machine, under a normal user account?
Maybe cwrap could help.
What is cwrap?
cwrap is a set of tools to create a fully isolated network environment to test client/server components on …read more
Three months ago I decided to try out fastmail.fm after having used google's gmail as my primary email for a number of years. I kept seeing a number of people moving away from google after the NSA revelations and the admission that gmail users cannot expect privacy …
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The book The Psychology of Computer Programming by Gerald M. Weinberg has been on my wish list for a while, ever since reading the cathedral & the bazaar by Eric S. Raymond, in which he talks about how working using the open source approach can not only work on …
read moreAfter recently purchasing a Busch & Müller dymotec 6 dynamo, I found the noise level increased dramatically during wet weather. Going from a low hum in the dry to a higher pitch tone in wet weather.
Initially I thought this could be down to the rubber roller slipping against the tyre …
read moreAfter visiting Berlin recently I noticed how many bikes used dynamos and liked the idea of a fixed front light powered by a dynamo.
The thought of not having to carry spare battries and the fact that my battery powered front light needed replacement anyway, I decided to try out …
read moreAfter using the awesome window manager for the last few years, I’ve switched over to a new tiling window manger i3 - after trying it out, I’ve now completely switched over and really like the ease of use and increased functionality it provides.
Tiling window managers allow me to …
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