Tag Archives: google

Playing Django: PageRank calculator

By David Poblador | Published: July 3, 2009
35 Celsius could be a good reason to get some fresh Die Weisse, but unfortunately, I’m not in Salzburg anymore. So I’ve decided to spend some hours playing Python and playing Django. So I’ve written a PageRank calculator I think it may be useful for all SEO fans out there. Have a look at the [...]
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I take pity on the Gmail sysadmins

By David Poblador | Published: February 24, 2009
I work as a sysadmin for money and for fun and I’m quite used to getting complaints when things are not working properly. That’s ok. But most of the times, I’m also quite used not to getting any kind of recognition when I keep things up and running and when I fix important issues (often [...]
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Google App Engine + Spotify + Rainy weekend

By David Poblador | Published: February 2, 2009
I’ve spent a rainy weekend in Barcelona playing around with Google App Engine, Python and Spotify. And here is the result: Spotify World: a world of Spotify playlists.
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Google Treasure Hunt: Network Question

By David Poblador | Published: November 5, 2008
The network question was by far the easiest one in GTH 2008 contest. Sample question: Below is a diagram of a computer network. The nodes are hosts on the network, and the lines between them are links. A packet is sent out from host N with a [...]
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Google Treasure Winners announced (and I’m among them)

By David Poblador | Published: October 22, 2008
Google Treasure Hunt winners abound from Official Google Blog.
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