I’ve always found python’s Universal Feedparser to be a bit hard to work with when using feeds with XML namespaces. Specifically, if you don’t care about the stuff in the namespaces then you’re fine, but if you want that data it gets a lot harder. In the past I’ve had to do some gross hacks….
Month: July 2008
Sydney redeems itself, if only a little
On the way home from our awesome soup dumpling dinner in Sydney we dropped into Elizabeth’s Bookshop entirely by accident. We’d deliberately walked a block offset from where we do normally to avoid boredom, and just got lucky. The second hand science fiction selection was good (not huge, but big enough to have some stuff…
On the potentially sorry state of second hand science fiction book stores in Sydney
Following a recommendation from Danny, I went and checked out Galaxy Books on York Street during one of my lunch times. The review says they have a good second hand section, and I am still hunting for some old Asimovs. Unfortunately, it was a waste of time. The second hand section must of only had…
The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted
This book is another Stainless Steel Rat prequel, although it was written well after the original book. This book takes up from where A Stainless Steel Rat is Born ends — with Jim arrested (of course), on a surprisingly low tech planet. Jim must then escape, and make his way in the universe once more….
Books read in June 2008
Robots and Empire Caliban Inferno