Simon Willison’s Weblog

gSculpt. Powerful open source modelling software, written in Python and demonstrated (to much applause) as the last lightning talk of EuroPython 2007. # 11:48 pm

Return of the HTTP overhead delay. Christian proposes a neat way of improving page performance, by delaying non-essential images such as avatars until after the rest of the page has loaded. # 3:12 pm

NestedVM. Provides binary translation from a GCC compiled MIPS binary to a Java class file, letting you run anything supported by GCC on the JVM with no source changes. # 2:52 pm

pybraces. I didn’t know this was possible: a source level filter implemented as a custom -*- encoding: braces -*- # 2:48 pm