Bacon Cheeseburger Day

by Christopher Flynn Friday, February 19, 2010

When I can, I like to watch Penn Says which is Penn Jillette talking about whatever he feels like. Some of them are really interesting, like this one ...

Manage Twitter Followers

by Christopher Flynn Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Wouldn't it be great if there was some way to get a list of those people that are not following you that you follow? Twitter does not ...

Python PEP8 - coding standards

by Christopher Flynn Monday, February 08, 2010

I think I am going to start a series aimed at python newbies and to kick it of I'm going to talk about PEP8. First, what is ...

Using Virtualenv and Pip

by Christopher Flynn Monday, January 25, 2010

For this post, you will want to make sure virtualenv and pip are setup. This can be done with easy_install. Just in case your new, it should look ...

Virtualenv and Pip on Dreamhost

by Christopher Flynn Monday, January 18, 2010

So I've migrated the site to using Dreamhost's passenger implementation. So far I've been very happy with it. No more random 500 errors or core ...

Useful Vim Plugins

by Christopher Flynn Friday, January 15, 2010

So last week I mentioned some vim plug-ins that I use so I thought I would go over a few more. The two that I use the most ...

Follow Friday (twitter thing)

by Christopher Flynn Monday, December 21, 2009

So a lot of people have follow friday posts that list a bunch of names and not much else. I don't think these are particularly helpful as ...

Learning to Knit

by Christopher Flynn Monday, December 07, 2009

So I've decided to learn to knit. Yes, that old fashioned thing with the needles and yarn. It's surprised some people but I've been surprised ...

New Backend Bits

by Christopher Flynn Friday, November 13, 2009

Dreamhost, who I use for hosting, has improved their Django implementation. What this means for you as a viewer of my webpage? Well, speed improvements and hopefully no ...

Jam Tracks

by Christopher Flynn Friday, October 30, 2009

So what is your ultimate goal in playing the harmonica? You could have a lot of reasons, but one of them is to probably play with other musicians ...

Polytheism and the Old Testament

by Christopher Flynn Wednesday, October 28, 2009

I came across an interesting article that suggests the old testament was polytheistic. It's a very idea and this would clarify some nagging questions I've always ...

Honey Drop Beverage

by Christopher Flynn Tuesday, October 20, 2009

At Whole Foods the other day there was a merchant giving out samples of a new drink, honey drop (warning, link contains music & sound). What caught my attention ...

Victor Wooten Interview

by Christopher Flynn Monday, October 19, 2009

While Victor Wooten plays the Bass, and I don't, I found this interview to be very interesting. He talks about his book The Music Lesson: A Spiritual ...

More Adam Gussow

by Christopher Flynn Tuesday, October 06, 2009

So I finally broke down and purchased Adam Gussow's beginner special. It has some really good fundamentals in there along with a decent song. He calls it ...

Harmonica Inspirational Music

by Christopher Flynn Wednesday, September 23, 2009

What inspires you to play the harmonica? Is it an instrument a close friend or relative played? Is it a sound you remember from your past? Did it ...

the 912 project, good or bad for liberty?

by Christopher Flynn Monday, September 21, 2009

Glenn Beck used to support George Bush, he used to support the patriot act, he used to be a neocon, then he commented that "the scales are falling ...

Easy Harmonica Music

by Christopher Flynn Wednesday, September 09, 2009

I've been playing my harmonica a lot, really trying to work on those single notes. I can do ok though I occasionally hit the adjacent note. I ...

Diatonic vs Chromatic

by Christopher Flynn Tuesday, September 08, 2009

I haven't talked about this much but if you've searched around for harmonicas, odds are pretty good you've seen something called a chromatic harmonica. This ...

Adam Gussow Harmonica Introduction

by Christopher Flynn Friday, September 04, 2009

Adam Gussow from Satan and Adam has a youtube channel where he discusses the Harmonica and how to play. Below I have two of his beginner lessons. He ...

Choosing a Harmonica

by Christopher Flynn Thursday, September 03, 2009

Now that I've decided to learn the Harmonica, next came the decision of which one to get. My daughters is ok but it's hers and she ...

Learning the Harmonica

by Christopher Flynn Monday, August 31, 2009

I've always been interested in learning the Harmonica but never got around to it. I even had one when I was younger but I have no idea ...

Gun rights and why there are important

by Christopher Flynn Friday, August 28, 2009

I came across a good letter on the internet entitled "An Open Letter to Those Who Wonder Why Citizens Would Want to Carry Guns in Public" by Jack ...

Do Not Store Passwords as Plain Text

by Christopher Flynn Thursday, August 27, 2009

Hacker News has a story about a christian dating site that was hacked. A couple of things went wrong but the biggest thing that amazes me is that ...

Using Google Voice with Asterisk

by Christopher Flynn Wednesday, August 26, 2009

I've been playing with Google Voice and there's one main problem with it, how to initiate a call. Traditional VOIP services offer ways to connect using ...

SMS using Prowl and Google Voice

by Christopher Flynn Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Google Voice is currently invite only but you can apply for an invite and hopefully it shouldn't take long to get in. There are a lot of ...

Using Prowl for the iPhone

by Christopher Flynn Monday, August 24, 2009

One thing that was missing from the iPhone was push notifications. Then apple released the 3.0 firmware, the only problem was, it required applications to push things ...

Jalapeño Poppers

by Christopher Flynn Sunday, August 23, 2009

I have 2 jalapeño plants in my garden, I like to add them to my salsa. Unfortunately due to the wacky weather we've been having here in ...

What is a Browser?

by Christopher Flynn Saturday, August 22, 2009

Do you know what a browser is? As a web developer this video left me speechless. If you don't know, a browser is a program used to ...

Man with a Gun!

by Christopher Flynn Saturday, August 15, 2009

By now I'm sure you've heard about William Kostric, the man who attended a NH town hall meeting which Obama was scheduled to appear open carrying ...

Registered for Campaign for Liberty’s NE Regional Conference

by Christopher Flynn Friday, August 14, 2009

Due to being unemployed I was debating about spending the $76 to go to the Campaign for Liberty's Northeast Regional Conference but I decided to take the ...

Freedomwatch on states rights

by Christopher Flynn Thursday, August 13, 2009

Another great freedom watch with Judge Napolitano primarily focusing on States Rights as well as discussing the libertarian leaning republicans. Another great show, I really look forward to ...

Cash for Clunkers, helping the environment?

by Christopher Flynn Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Cash for Clunkers sounds great, let's get older cars that are inefficient and replace them with more efficient vehicles. But at what cost? Let's look at ...