Archive for June 25th, 2007

Inspiration for the downtrodden cubicle-dwellers »

Sick of working for Da Man? Thinking about striking out on your own, but afraid of the risk? The Census Bureau has a bit of inspiration for you: ‘Lone Wolves’ Boost Nonemployer Businesses Past 20 Million. An average of 2,356 people took their job and shoved it every day in 2005, going into business for [...]

How an awesome hurricane-tracking web site is made »

Ever wanted to make your own sweet hurricane-tracking web site, like Stormpulse? Ha! Best get started studying up on Python, MySQL, Apache, FreeBSD, etc. in that case. But if you can settle for simply reading how the people actually behind a hurricane-tracking web site did it, check out the latest post on the Stormpulse blog: [...]