On my quest to becoming a stronger Python developer I set myself the task of creating a tool that I could use to scrape craigslist and send out e-mail alerts when search results changed. My intention being to use this to find Burning Man tickets for friends who still needed them (I found mine on … Continue reading Craigslist Alerts, Part 1: Scraping craigslist and sending e-mails with Python →

This post will show you how to connect to the web through a U.K VPN. i.e. when you visit websites, you will see them as they would be seen from the UK. For example if we visited google.com over the VPN, we would see the U.K version of Google. We will be using the free … Continue reading Connecting to the internet through a U.K VPN using Mac OS X →

Intro As an Expat living in the US, I've definitely developed an interest in exchange rates over the years (which is in no small part due to the fact that I have to exchange US dollars for Pound Sterling every month for expenses back home in England). Also, I was fortunate enough to spend one … Continue reading Finding the best Exchange Rate (GBPUSD) →