Regularly Scheduled Geekery
with Adam Fast

Currently my (personal) time is entirely spent on Python and the Django web framework, but in the past I've done everything from Microsoft ASP and .NET to php. Others too, but those are the core of my experience.

My (professional) time is now spent with Django as well, and it's an absolute blast. At my former job I spent my time on a mix of Crestron automation systems and a little bit of Django. I still enjoy Crestron, but Django is way more high-tech and exciting.

Some of my projects include:
  • QTHmap - Geolocate your logs, one QSO at a time (django/Python)

  • Ozarks Greenway Adventure Race My friend Jim, K5QQ, has written a sizable software project that uses packet radio to do live tracking of participants in an outdoor "adventure race" (look at the course, it is NOT for the faint of heart and muscle) I wrote some code to allow his software to speak to mine, which publishes these live results to the internet with only a few seconds delay, allowing family and friends to track how the teams they're cheering for are doing. Text message / email alerts are available so you can keep track without constantly monitoring the website. This feat is more notable for the amount of hardware and volunteer efforts on behalf of hams required than the software in itself. (Amateur Radio/Visual Basic/django/Python)

  • The Joplin Flyers Flying Club Hidden behind the authentication layer is a complete scheduling / aircraft tracking / billing package, used to help us keep track of where the airplanes are, who has them reserved, and for how long. (django/Python)

  • django-locationtracking, a reusable Django application to provide location tracking to ones' own website. It was extracted from this site, so I still have things I can do here that the opened version doesn't do. I'm trying to catch up. (GeoDjango/Python)

  • django-weathertracking A reusable app with many of the features my site uses for keeping track of weather. Is capable of automatically retrieving conditions from the National Weather Service and storing them. Also includes the ability to find the nearest weather station to a point and return/store the weather for there. (GeoDjango/Python

  • aprsworld.net API for data integration via JSON/XML/YaML. This will be the cornerstone of django-locationtracking importing APRS data. (django/Python)

  • A "filter" for CW Skimmer / spotting networks for amateur radio (django/Python)

  • pydxs A New BSD-licensed open source module to make automated reading of reports from amateur radio spotting networks easier. (Python/minor django-isms to get tests to run)

  • python-tweetar A New BSD-licensed open source script to allow users to automate posting of their local METAR stations to Twitter. (Python)

  • geodjango-tigerline A New BSD-licensed open source app to make adding the US Census Bureau's TIGER/Line data to your GeoDjango application easier. (GeoDjango) Used by @KJLN_WX, @KLWC_WX, @KHFJ_WX, @KOSH_WX, @KEDW_WX and @KTTS_WX (perhaps others too).

  • Many others, either too small to warrant linking, or just haven't been released to the public yet.