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1. Modifying pelican

   By default, the pelican blog generator that I use creates a random tag cloud. I wanted one that was alphabetically sorted. So I modified the source code.

2. Making a subset of a git repository

   Since I am in the process of making most of my programs available on github, I have been re-shuffling the some git repositories. Especially my collection of scripts (small programs for different purposes). Because some of those scripts are private, I don’t want to publish that repository as a whole.

3. Moving scripts to a private repo

   Some of the scripts in my scripts directory are private because they contain personally identifying or security relevant information, or are just not useful for others without modifications. So I decided not to publish it on github as-is, but to make a private repo for scripts that are not for general use.

4. Writing the README first

   Today I watched Kenneth Reitz’s python for humans video. His statement that “API is all that matters” resonated with me because I sometimes struggle with that.

   Then he mentioned that you should write the README first, before writing any code. This is something that I do sometimes, but not always thoroughly. So I decided to use this as an experiment to refactor my beammech module.

5. Managing configuration files with ‘deploy’

   The deploy script is a program for managing configuration files. This script grew out of my need for a multi-functional installer for configuration files. I tend to keep those files in a separate git repository rather than changing my $HOME into a git repository.

6. Opening files from the command line

   This Python script is a small helper to open files from the command line. It was inspired by a OS X utility of the same name.

7. Updating the site generator “pelican” to 3.5.0

   After updating the site generator that powers this website, I had to make some adjustments.

8. Updating FreeBSD from source

   Sometimes I need to update my FreeBSD operating system. I prefer to do that from the source code, so that …

9. Switching IPython to Python 3

   More and more, IPython has become my tool of choice as the ultimate calculator and to try out concepts and …

10. Making saline solution

    The standard recipe for saline solution is 9 grams of salt per liter of water.

    Since most people don’t …