Inspired by a Hacker News comment, I wrote a Python script that queries the KFC website for store locations, finds the optimal tour with the Concorde cutting-plane-based exact TSP solver, and generates a KML file that can be plotted in … Continue reading
I won third place at the Northern Virginia National Day of Civic Hacking, held over the past two days at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, for an automated data cleansing pipeline to address the Institute of Museum and Library Services … Continue reading
I’ve released the source of my Imgur random image redirector under the GPLv2. I wrote it for a friend who wanted to show random images in forum signatures, where only a URL is allowed (no JS or PHP). It can … Continue reading
The Android WebDriver docs imply that you need the Android SDK and a USB connection to run Selenium tests on an Android device. This is not the case. You can run the WebDriver APK and connect via Wi-Fi. On your … Continue reading
I use Selenium (via the Python bindings) for automated browser testing. My current project needs to run as fast as possible, so I compared the executions speed of a small test script in various browsers, both directly via WebDriver and … Continue reading