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Announcing django-activitysync POSTED 11 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AGO

Django-activitysync provides easy-to-use extensible social activity aggregation for Django projects. (Read more...)

Accessing and debugging the Django development server from another machine POSTED 1 YEAR AGO

In continuing my series about Django development on a Linux VM, I make a few tweaks to some Django settings to make debugging easier from the host machine. (Read more...)

Using Windows to access a Linux virtual machine by its host name POSTED 1 YEAR, 1 MONTH AGO

Initially, I needed to use an IP address to access a Linux virtual machine. This post details how to setup Samba on the VM to join in the NetBIOS action. (Read more...)

Setting up a Linux virtual machine for easy web development on Windows POSTED 1 YEAR, 1 MONTH AGO

Being a Windows user can be a real drag when trying to use technologies originally designed for the Unix world. There must be an easier way! Virtualization to the rescue! (Read more...)

Cygwin: Fatal error - unable to remap POSTED 1 YEAR, 1 MONTH AGO

I love using Cygwin to get access to a Unix shell on Windows, but this error happens pretty frequently on Vista and Windows 7. Here's some information and how to fix it. (Read more...)

Extending and improving InfinitePaginator POSTED 1 YEAR, 9 MONTHS AGO

There are a few tweaks we can make to the InfinitePage class to make it easier to use, and further improve its performance. (Read more...)

Using InfinitePaginator to improve Django paging performance POSTED 1 YEAR, 9 MONTHS AGO

Two classes from the django-pagination project make paging objects easy. (Read more...)

Setting up a cron job to run a Django management command in a Python virtualenv POSTED 1 YEAR, 10 MONTHS AGO

It's pretty straightforward, but it took some trial on my part to get it working the way I want. (Read more...)

This blog is Open Source POSTED 1 YEAR, 10 MONTHS AGO

The code for this site is open source. Please benefit from it. (Read more...)

Olympic Gold Rush POSTED 1 YEAR, 10 MONTHS AGO

I got to experience exciting, Olympic curling action. Plus, the Canadians really came from nowhere to blow away every other country in gold medals earned. (Read more...)