Tag Archives: python

How to stop missing the good weekends

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

Far too often I get so stuck into the work week that I forget to monitor the weather for the weekend when I should be going off to play on my dive kayaks — an activity which is somewhat weather … Continue reading →

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Job advert: Lead programmer

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Oil wells, marathon results, planning applications… ScraperWiki is a Silicon Valley style startup, in the North West of England, in Liverpool. We’re changing the world of open data, and how data science is done together on the Internet. We’re looking for a … Continue reading →

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Lots of new libraries

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

We’ve had lots of requests recently for new 3rd party libraries to be accessible from within ScraperWiki. For those of you who don’t know, yes, we take requests for installing libraries! Just send us word on the feedback form and … Continue reading →

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Scraped Data Something to Tweet About

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

I’m a coding pleb, or The Scraper’s Apprentice as I like to call myself. But I realise that’s no excuse, as many of the ScraperWiki users I talk to have not had formal coding lessons themselves. Indeed, some of our … Continue reading →

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Job advert: Web designer/programmer

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

Care about oil spills, newspapers or lost cats? ScraperWiki is a Silicon Valley style startup, but in the North West of England, in Liverpool. We’re changing the world of open data, and how programming is done together on the Internet. … Continue reading →

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