One of the key features I've always wanted with my site was a way for readers to quickly find related content - either through search or related posts. When I was previously on WordPress, search functionality was baked in, so it was easy to incorporate searching into the site layout. Static …

I'll be perfectly honest, there are times when a hobby starts to feel like a job. My goal of moving from Wordpress to Pelican has definitely moved into this category. The past couple of weekends have been spent re-learning Linux (for my new hosting provider), revisiting CSS (so I can …

I recently created some python scripts that I wanted to run periodically to update some information for me. I got the scripts running the way I wanted and decided to move them over to my Mac Mini where I knew they could run uninterrupted throughout the day. One of the …

It's always fun when two, seemingly unrelated topics, slowly merge together to give me a new idea. The first one I've been working on for some time has been a simpler way to quickly share code snippets between my Mac and my iPad. Yes, I know that's …

Who wouldn’t love a project that involves Python, a Raspberry Pi, and Christmas lights? One of my favorite tutorial sites, tuts+, has out done themselves with their recent tutorial. Now tuts+ has a tutorial on using a Raspberry Pi to control Christmas lights.

You’ll be able to control …