StrikeAwe

Handy tips for getting Swift (OpenStack's object store component) up and running when it just won't cooperate.

It seems so simple, and yet the method for installing Node.js, NPM and LESS non-interactively is extremely difficult to find. For future reference here's the concise way to make it work.

I've been doing a bunch of updates to the code that powers this site, and in the process I've also added a new section to the site: a gallery! I do so much film and photography work these days it seemed only fitting that I should showcase some of it here. This is a short update, I know ...

Spring cleaning is a good thing to do. Especially on old projects. One of those projects that desperately needed work was the homepage for Zero Coordinate Inc. The goal was to create a site that loaded inordinately fast and showcased some fun new tech without any javascript at all. Let me give the quick rundown of what's new and cool about it...

Sphinx is a phenomenal tool for creating documentation. It's used all over the world and has become the de facto standard for documenting Python projects (and Python itself!). I'm a big fan. I thought I'd share a few tricks I've learned, as well as a few thoughts on improvements I'd like to see.