Version 2.0.0 of Colourettu has been released.
Colourettu is a Python library I’ve written for dealing with colours and “palettes” (groups of colours).
Colourettu 2.0.0 for Python Released
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Jinja Filters 1.0.0 for Pelican Released
Jinja Filters is a plugin for Pelican, a static site generator written in Python.
Jinja Filters provides a selection of functions (called filters) for templates to use when building your website. They are packaged for Pelican, but may prove useful for other projects that make use of Jinja2.
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CName Pelican Plugin 1.0.0 Released
CName is a plugin for Pelican, a static site generator written in Python.
CName creates a CNAME file in the root of your output directory. This is useful when you are publishing your site to GitHub Pages on a custom domain.
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I Redesigned My Blog
I just finished redesigning my blog and moving it from one backend provider to
another. Another post will follow with the technical discussion of the steps
involved, but for this post I wanted to focus on the philosophical considerations.
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Minchin dot CA Pelican Theme 1.1.0 Released
This update was the final touches needed to make my site go live.
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Minchin dot CA Pelican Theme 1.0.0 Released
I’ve been in the process of redesigning my blog and so as part of that I’ve
tried to make as many pieces as possible installable from
pip. To that end,
I’ve packaged my website theme and uploaded it to PyPI.
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Europe at Night
[T]his is actually a composite produced by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration revealing a decade in European economic
development and decline.
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River Through Time
Below is an animation of a river over about 20 years. I like it because it
shows the meander of the river changing over several years, as well as cut-offs
and ox bow lakes forming. This happens for many rivers, but its’ pace is often
too slow for us to notice.
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The Three Audience Truths
This is advise for when given a speech, or otherwise speaking in public. Remember:
- They believe you’re the expert, so don’t tell them otherwise.
- They want you to succeed, so they’re on your side.
- They won’t know when you make a mistake, so don’t announce it.
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Sailing (Round the Globe)
So one of the things my Love and I have talked about is the idea of taking off
to a season of sailing. The ocean has a sort of primitive draw to me that is
hard to explain and not particularly rational. I have no experience sailing. In
fact, my experience on the water is limited to commercial ferries and canoeing
a couple of hours at a time.
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