Defining custom XPath functions on Python lxml
Parsing with lxml (Python library ) is a very good experience, especially compared to PHP. An example advantage is that every element found by XPath is once again searchable (whereas with PHP you can only provide it as a context, but you must provide the DOM ). However, I came …
New Google Maps
I've recently got an invitation to the new Google Maps. The slick new interface allows you (among others ) to zoom way out and see the earth. More than just some Google Earth features that were implemented, the entire interface is definitely more Social oriented, you can got …
Yahoo increases Flickr's storage to 1 Tera Byte
With a move reminiscing of Google’s 1GB Inbox (Gmail) back at 2004, Yahoo is attempting to set a new standard when it comes to Photo storage.
New Langauge added to App Engine - PHP
A few new things were introduced on Google I/O yesterday.
Slugifying German string with Python
I'm working on this project that has some German titles, and a lot of irregularities inside them (question marks, underscores, etc.) Because I have to refer the object (in this case product) by some sort of understandable name, I've decided to slugify the title (basically turn …
