david ascher

I would so like Amazon to offer both a wider inventory (not just books & CDs/DVDs) and Amazon Prime in Canada. Please? Can someone come up with a Customs 2.0 pretty please?

Nice video about the housing market.

Before I forget. After weeks of hard work, I finally came up with a good use case for Twitter. Skiing. More specifically, out here, you can decide to go skiing at a whim. It takes 30-45 minutes to make your way onto the hill. But conditions are sometimes iffy. You can check out the hill’s [...]

After a few weeks heads-down work in code for a demo, I got to look up and read, watch, learn. The highlights. Ted.com has an updated website, with high quality videos on important topics, and lots of them. So far I saw Bill Clinton (a really good presenter, it’s impressive to watch), and I want [...]

I have four extra copies of the Python Cookbook (2nd edition) that are free to whoever wants to come get them at work.

I’ve been having fun working w/ (among others), the ExtJS library (ext.js.com).  In fact, I’m a paid customer, meaning I get access to the SVN tree, which can come in handy. However, the SVN tree doesn’t include the packaged files needed for easy use, as those are currently built as part of the release process [...]

Anyone vaguely interested in the coolest new IDE on the block (Komodo 4, now comes in a free edition) should know that there’s an extensibility challenge on, where the best extensions, macros, hacks, etc. provided by users (you) will win cool prizes, including my favorite, a Squeezebox from Slim Devices (have one, love it). All [...]

I just got my EC2 account.  More toys to explore.  I just need more time!.

It’s a Super Happy Grow-Op Dev House, I guess. See Luke’s page for details.

It’s a Super Happy Grow-Op Dev House, I guess. See Luke’s page for details.