Time Team was a TV series which involved a team of archaeologists, surveyors, artists and other specialists spending three days to investigate an archaeological site. Episodes were mainly focused on the UK, but there were also some as far afield as Spain and America. I thought it would be interesting to see how episodes were… Read More »
Within WordPress it is possible to export all historic posts as an XML file. This XML file is a little unwieldy, but it is possible to parse the WordPress post export with python. This post shows how you can use the python feedparser library to easily access the export elements. When you do this WordPress… Read More »
This post shows you how to make a python dashboard using dash. Dash combines the plotly plotting library with the flask server to host the dashboard. Python Dashboard with Dash Dash is a powerful, flexible package and this short guide only scratches its surface. It will show how to make simple python dashboard consisting of… Read More »
Fake data can be invaluable for testing or demonstrating behaviour without using live, production data. This lets you protect your production data or help you get started when you don’t yet have a production system set up. This post gives an overview of the Python fake data package faker, which is invaluable for generating this… Read More »
Wikimedia has an API which lets you compare Wikipedia pages, and in some cases modify pages and information within the Wikimedia group. The main page for all Wikimedia API information is here: In this post I am most interested in the Wikipedia compare API, to show how you use it to see differences between versions… Read More »