RkBlog - Python, PHP, Linux

KDE3 is superior to KDE4

I can't stand KDE4 any more... the way apps behave (not as in KDE3, and/or not following common convention, not having basic features or options as in KDE3, or hiding those options far in the configs). Now I'm using less, and less KDE4 apps every day moving to other apps.

Prism spectroscope and some astronomy fun

Using simple prism spectroscope mounted on a telescope to observe spectrums of light bulbs, street lights, and Fraunhofer lines in solar spectrum.

Astrophotography and observations

Here you will find my astronomy observation logs, pictures and some interesting articles.

Using DHTMLXgrid in a Django application

DHTMLX grid is a complete grid solution for browsing and editing grid like, spreadsheet like data from various sources. This tutorial will show you how to connect server-side Django views with client-side xgrid features.

Harvesting data from websites using WebKit and PyQt4 - part 3

Gathering final data for ad urls (final page title and URL) using PyQt4 with QtSql module.

Harvesting data from websites using WebKit and PyQt4 - part 2

Extracting data from parsed HTML code of a website with WebKit and PyQt4

Harvesting data from websites using WebKit and PyQt4 - part 1

Qt WebKit integration allowed developers to build new app, new tools that can harvest complex web pages (websites) for data, or to manipulate the data on the website.

Embedding Waves on web pages

How to embedd public Waves from Google Wave using robots and JavaScript code snippet

RkTaggy - example Google Wave robot

RkTaggy is an example Google Wave robot written in Python. Get the source code, and read how RkTaggy is built.

Using Guardian OpenPlatform API

Guardian Open Platform is a new API from The Guardian for accessing it's publications, news and articles

Aggregating and searching for developers projects in Python

Gather projects from bitbucket.org, github.com and code.google.com that match given search term using Python script

Searching multimedia sites in Python using public APIs

Search for video clips on YouTube and Vimeo, find slides on Slideshare, or documents on Scribd using Python and RESTful web APIS

Using MongoDB in Python and PHP

MongoDB is a no-relational document database. It main features are high performance and advanced features compared to plain key-value stores.