Well the kids have lost interest in Raspberry Pi Python programming for now, but look who’s still at it! The jankyiest of Lego stop motions. Here was the code I tossed together to make the gif above: #!/usr/bin/env python2 import os import time import shutil import datetime import tempfile import pygame.camera import pygame.image import RPi.GPIO as GPIO save_dir = '/usr/share/nginx/www' GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BCM) GPIO.setwarnings(False) GPIO.cleanup() GPIO.setup(17, GPIO.IN) pygame.camera.init() camera = pygame.camera.Camera('/dev/video0') def make_picture(filename): raw_input('Ready for picture?

I’ve been at it again with GeoDjango , this time I’ve pulled data on all Taco Bells locations from a popular social media site, took that data and added to a Django project, and finally plotted them in a view using Google Maps : Wow, that is a lot of Taco Bells ! Since this is Django, we are also able to view and edit from the admin : As well as the shell :

Just recently I found myself playing with GeoDjango , I’ve been using it on both a Ubuntu 14.04 cloud server and a Macbook Pro (OS X El Capitan). GeoDjango allows us to query by geographic points directly on the data model. We are then able to extend the model, and add a custom method to search by zipcode. Using the Django shell we can easily check data in our favorite interpreter :

If you have a multi-environment AWS setup, and want a easy way to resolve all EC2 instance using Route53 DNS, look no further! Currently I’m maintaining a production and staging environment on Amazon Web Services across multiple regions. We tend to not use ElasticIPs as that just increases cost, plus internally we resolve using Consul . There is one drawback with not using ElasticIPs, when ever the instance restarts they will be offered a new dynamic IP (we will solve this with automation).

Lately I’ve been working a lot with Mono , and building C# applications on Linux. Just recently I discovered the official mono image in the Docker Hub Repo . This image comes with xbuild and NuGet (tools we need for building). So lets do a little work and get a mono application up and running (note I’m using a company application and will remove any references that may be sensitive.) I start by pulling the application’s source code down beside the Dockerfile :

Elasticsearch is a distributed RESTFul search tool over the HTTP protocol. And we are going to use Docker to spin up multiple nodes in the cluster. First we need a server node running Docker. I’m using a Debian server so the command I need is apt-get:

apt-get install docker.io After installing the package make sure the docker command is available:

docker version Client version: 1.3.1 Client API version: 1.

Needed a good Mid Range disc to go along wit my Innova Boss (driver) and Innova Aviar (Putter), a veteran disc golfer in the shop suggested the Discraft Buzz ,Innova Roc3, and this Innova Spider.

I’ve been playing a little bit of Hearthstone lately, and heard the Mage is one of the best for arena. I won’t say I did great, but then again it wasn’t terrible.

Picked up Volume 3 of Saga last night, this has been a fantastic graphic novel and I would recommend it!