Bicing

api.bicingwatch.com has now been up for two weeks. It is a small site with just a handful of html views and some JSON views. I also use python now to scrape the bicing.com website and store the results in a mysql database. This does not include the data I had already collected over the last year, which I will import soon. Today I also enabled disqus commenting on the station pages. I originally planned to write this myself, but this is way quicker and I can always change to the django commenting system later. Overall I am very happy with python and pretty used to the syntax now. I really like the internal dicts and arrays, much better than the php version and on the same level as Perl. I also like the way errors are handled, which is always with exceptions. In Perl and PHP these are very much optional and are not used a lot. What I don’t like is the quality of some of the libraries, they clearly have to do some catching up to do with CPAN.

After living in Barcelona for three years the thieves finally got me. My wallet got stolen in a bar and I lost a few things, but nothing irreplaceable. But it gave me good idea how difficult it is to get certain cards replaced. - bicing card (did I mention that I love bicing?): easy to block and replace online. cost: 4 euro - Zoo Club Barcelona card: you have to go there and get a replacement. cost: 1 euro - La Caixa credit card: a call to block and replace, you have to go there and pick it up. cost: free - Gym card – not replaced yet Next time I try to have even less cards with me.