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Hacks/Hackers Chicago Fusion Tables Walkthrough
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This has been updated here to reflect the coming changes to the Fusion Tables API.
This has been updated here to reflect the coming changes to the Fusion Tables API.
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In my quest to learn how to use python within the django framework, the most difficult thing was the development environment, and getting to the point where I could play. Here are some steps that I took to get to that point.
In my quest to learn how to use python within the django framework, the most difficult thing was the development environment, and getting to the point where I could play learn, practice and experiment. Here are some steps that I took to get to that point.
I’ll add to this as I can, but mostly I’m using it as a handy resource that I can access while continuing to learn.
Cribbed from my notes and this blog post.
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Loop to download a file from FTP, create a symlink to the file and append date and time to subsequent downloads...
Hacked-together attempt at a Python scraper of Madison, Wis. beach status using Beautiful Soup and Requests. It pulls similar data from the Madison and Dane County Public Health website.
This could be made better in a number of ways. Two that come to mind:
- Display lake that the beach is on
- if else for when beach is monitored by another agency and no status is available
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Javascript widget showing 10 hottest links on the Madison, Wis subReddit.
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This quick lookup uses Google Civic Data API to locate your polling place based on your address and then give you driving directions.
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Combines tabletop.js and handlebars.js to display data from a Google spreadsheet using handlebars templates.
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Thinking through how we to pool knowledge on 1033 data? Is it possible to construct a living history or nerd box or cookbook for journalists going through the 1033 data? Especially the new stuff?
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Commonly known as the 1033 program, the Department of Defense surplus disposal program administered through the Defense Logistics Agency has its roots in the 1990 National Defense Authorization Act, which sets the federal budget for the Department of Defense every two years.
In the 1996 version of that budget, Congress created Section 1033 that allowed "all law enforcement agencies to acquire property for bona fide law enforcement purposes that assist in their arrest and apprehension mission."
The 24-year-old program received increased scrutiny in 2014 after several media report