Category Archives: On Streamhead

Everything about this blog, its owner (Peter), the world and some other stuff that doesn’t go anywhere else.

Review and Preview, Streamhead 2012 Goals

It's always good to have goals

2011 has been a transformative year for Streamhead. Due to some major work and planning behind the scenes, I haven’t been able to post as much as I would have liked. But all this hard work is about to pay off and you, my dear reader, will enjoy the fruits of it. In 2012, I [...]

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Optimizing WordPress for Shared Hosting

If you run a blog and want it to be read, you need a site that’s up and running as much as possible. WordPress will keep you away from many of the nasty site hosting details, but you can be sure that you will run into performance issues at some point. WordPress will help you [...]

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Looking Forward, Streamhead in 2011

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The end of the year is not only a time to look back, but also forward. Read on for what’s in store for Streamhead. It’s going to be a great year, so make sure you don’t miss a post. If you become a Facebook fan, you not only get the latest posts, but also a [...]

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9 Guidelines to Enjoy Blogging

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Two weeks ago, Streamhead turned 3. Combined with the years end, it seems like a great idea to look back and reflect on why you might want to write your own blog and how you can enjoy the process in the long run. Because if you don’t, you’re probably not going to last a long [...]

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Review: Programming in Python 3

Programming in Python 3, second edition

“The joy of coding Python should be in seeing short, concise, readable classes that express a lot of action in a small amount of clear code — not in reams of trivial code that bores the reader to death.” – Guido Van Rossum Last summer, I read the second edition of “Programming in Python 3″ [...]

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GitHub, Social Coding for Streamhead

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If you want to host some open source code, there are many many options. Going from the grand-daddy of all open source repositories SourceForge to some more unknown, like Assembla. But one host that has seen extreme growth over the last few years is undoubtedly GitHub. It’s built on the Git system, which makes it [...]

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Follow Me

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If you’ve been keeping up with the blog via your browser, this post is for you. There are many other and sometimes betters ways that you might not know about. And those ways don’t just work for this blog, you can use them pretty much on any site and reduce the time it takes you [...]

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Mixero, Twitter Chaos Control

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Those following me on Twitter (hey, why aren’t you?) might have noticed an upswing in my Twitter usage lately. For the most part, this can be attributed to Mixero, a fairly new Twitter client. I hear you thinking the world isn’t big enough for yet another Twitter client, but this one has a few options [...]

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Western USA Road Trip Meet Up

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During June 2010, 2 months from now, Streamhead will be on location, road-tripping through the Western part of the United States. The plans haven’t finalized yet, but that’s where I need some input. Inside the post, I’ve added a map with some of the locations that we might visit. I’d love to get some suggestions [...]

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Hardware Hacking: CD Player Repair 101

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In a little detour from my usual posts, I present you a small tutorial on fixing a broken CD player. Actually, the post only goes into cleaning the player’s lens, which is the number one most common reason why a CD player will mallfunction. It’s a very basic repair, so don’t expect any complicated electro [...]

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