Running WordPress on SQL Server

What if I tried to install WordPress on SQL Server instead of MySQL? I mean, what’s the worst that could happen? How else am I going to blow a Sunday afternoon? I was curious. What was it actually like? Wait,…

How to scrape web pages with Scrapy and Python

Web crawling is a fun and rewarding skill to develop. Here’s how to get a basic web crawler set up with the Scrapy framework for Python. First you’ll need to install Scrapy. On a unixy platform, just execute pip install…

Configure Darkroom for Spacemacs

A little while ago I came across Pete Corey’s post on using Spacemacs and the Olivetti package to configure a minimal, distraction-free writing environment. I’ve used a similar setup for the last couple years, but my implementation uses the Darkroom…