i had twentyfive empty thoughts today, in varying sizes. they’re all gone now. Originally uploaded by bivAb.

The creator of Rails and one of the leads for Django are meeting in Chicago, at an event called Snakes & Rubies. Sounds like fun!

So far, Django is still quite nice. I had some configuration problems (it didn’t help that I was also trying to setup a new OS X box at the same time), but nothing that a little perseverance and the kind help of people on the #django channel couldn’t fix.

I’ve spent a few hours re-dunking my head in the Django soup. That is one impressive open source project. Apart from the immediately appealing superficial qualities (great name, beautiful CSS), it has truly stellar documentation, that shows (or at least seems to show!) that the people who designed it really...

People usually refer to Vancouver as a really good place for high-end Chinese food. I wouldn’t know, as our taste are more pedestrian. For future reference, last night’s order at Hon’s was the best we’ve achieved so far: