Category: Software

FeedTiger — An RSS aggregation site built for Lynx

Posted on by bmilliron

I have resurrected an old project that aggregates RSS feeds from around the web (FeedTiger). In this case the site is designed specifically for the Lynx text browser. I add feeds as I come accross them, if you know of a web site that has an atom or RSS feed you want me to add…

Psycopg 2.7.6 released

Posted on by bmilliron

This is a big deal, almost any python code I author, that connects to PostgreSQL, uses psycopg. This release fixes several bugs, and I love the fix to ticket #755! Right on! Release Email We have just released the psycopg 2.7.6 package, fixing the issues found in the last months in the psycopg 2.7 version….

A rock hard email company

Posted on by bmilliron

I have been using Protonmail for about two years now, I think. I was drawn to their service after the Snowden revelations, and loved the fact that they offered full end-to-end, and at rest, encryption. Another thing I love about this company is their transparency. Recently they were under a DDOS attack and instead of…

Simple RSS Parser with Python and PHP

Posted on by bmilliron

If you want to throw a feed into your web page, one way I have found that works well is to use the Python feed parser module. The way I do it is just put the data into a PostgreSQL database table and then truncate the table each time I pull the feed again. The…