I enjoy listening to Last.fm and recently decided it would be handier to control it from within my emacs session. Getting it to work didn't take too long but wasn't as straightforward as I hoped, mostly because it's easier to find documentation for older versions of emms (including on …

As mentioned before, I'm teaching programming again, to a group of beginners :) (Although as usual, even in a group of complete beginners there are variations in people's levels and comfort with the subject.)

Cheryl will be teaching the first electro-sewing workshop in Tog, on October 21st! Have a look at the Tog post to learn more, including how to sign up. This will likely be followed by more electro-fashion workshops in the future, keep an eye out for them. I'm really looking forward …

Congratulations to Python Ireland and the PyCon Ireland committee for the successful 2nd edition of the conference! If you weren't there, you should feel sad. I would be.

Lots of interesting talks and just like last year, a whole bunch of very friendly and knowledgeable attendees to talk to and …

PyCon Ireland 2011 starts tomorrow! If you haven't got your ticket yet, that's tough because we sold out a few days ago! Congratulations, organisers, for what promises to be a fantastic event.

I also seem to have inherited a yellow staff tee-shirt so... Feel free to find me and say …