http://mikenaberezny.com Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:09:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Py65 0.4 has been released. Py65 is a Python package that provides building blocks for simulating hardware systems based on the 6502 microprocessor and its derivatives. Here are the highlights of this release: We now support an additional microprocessor simulation: the 65C02. While still a work in progress, it is ... http://mikenaberezny.com/2009/06/06/py65-04-released/ Horde/Routes 0.4 has been released. Horde/Routes is a URL mapping system for PHP 5 that provides classes for mapping URLs to the controllers and actions of an MVC system. Learn more at the project website or this presentation. This version includes a new utility class, Horde_Routes_Printer, a debugging aid ... http://mikenaberezny.com/2009/03/04/horderoutes-04-released/ Citi® Account Online recently revamped their credit cards website. It's much nicer than the previous version except for one annoying addition. When viewing your account activity, it now shows yellow offers inline with the transactions: My account activity typically shows two or three of these offers and I find ... http://mikenaberezny.com/2008/12/27/hide-inline-offers-on-citi-card-activity/ Slides from my PyWorks 2008 talks are now available. This conference was shared with php|works and I enjoyed this format. It was great to see many of my Python and PHP friends at the same event. Thanks to everyone who attended my talks. Py65: Microcontroller Simulation with Python Download ... http://mikenaberezny.com/2008/11/15/pyworks-2008-slides/ Py65 0.1, a 6502 microprocessor simulator written in Python, has been released and is available on the Python Package Index (PyPI). You can now easy_install it: $ easy_install py65 Py65Mon Since my initial announcement of Py65, there have been many bug fixes and unit tests added. The most noticeable addition is ... http://mikenaberezny.com/2008/11/09/py65-01-released-introducing-py65mon/ It's been a while since David Sklar called out to let a thousand string concatenations bloom. That discussion produced some entertaining suggestions for putting strings together such as using preg_replace and calling out to MySQL with SELECT CONCAT. Here's an approach that uses filesystem functions. When combined ... http://mikenaberezny.com/2008/10/17/php-temporary-streams/ The files below are EPROM images from Bil Herd's prototype Commodore LCD. kizapr-u102.bin sizapr-u103.bin sept-m-13apr-u104.bin ss-calc-13apr-u105.bin You can also download them as a single archive: commodore-lcd-roms.zip I've always been curious about this machine so I sent my device programmer to Bil so that he could read the EPROMs. Bil was very kind to ... http://mikenaberezny.com/2008/10/04/commodore-lcd-firmware/ Matthew Weier O'Phinney and I gave a tutorial session at ZendCon 2008 this year titled "PHP Developer Best Practices". The tutorial touched on source control, coding standards, testing, documentation, and more. The slides are now available in PDF format. We were located in Hall B of the ... http://mikenaberezny.com/2008/09/16/php-developer-best-practices/ I've been spending more of my free time recently restoring vintage computer hardware. I am interested in Commodore 8-bit equipment, from the PET/CBM line through to the 64/128 home computers. I think it's important to preserve computer history to remember the machines that got us where we are ... http://mikenaberezny.com/2008/09/01/commodore-superpet/ PyWorks is a new conference from the folks at Python Magazine. It is being co-hosted with a PHP conference, php|works, and attendees of either conference have access to talks on both the Python and PHP tracks. Being a user of both languages, I think this a great idea ... http://mikenaberezny.com/2008/08/29/speaking-at-pyworks-2008/