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Excellent new (semi) Python podcast 29 Jan 2010 | 02:18 am
The Dev Show is my new favorite Python podcast.
Mac OS X Services - Changes between Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard 25 Dec 2009 | 08:43 am
When a file or folder is selected in the Finder and a Mac OS X Service is invoked, either through the Services menu or its keyboard shortcut, the input fed to the service depends on what version of Ma...
Calculating the keytag of a DNSKEY in Python 25 Sep 2009 | 03:02 pm
In DNSEC, sometimes you want to know the "keytag" of a DNSKEY record. Here's a Python implementation that uses dnspython:
Using Django's Syncdb outside of Django 16 Sep 2009 | 05:58 am
I'm working on another project that uses Django's ORM that isn't (yet) a web applicaiton. There's no settings.py file as the application has its own configuration system build on ConfigObj and optpara...
Running Django with wsgiref that also serves Admin media 27 Jul 2009 | 03:05 am
I wanted to run a Django app using Python's built-in wsgiref module. It also serves Django admin media. Consider this a stepping stone to running your Django app using CherryPy.
Rhymes with Pony 20 Mar 2009 | 09:07 am
Yesterday I pushed out Owney which does USPS shipment tracking in Python. It uses a bit of Django as well. It's got rough edges, so please watch your fingers! I intend to polish it as time permits. I ...
Snakes in the bassinet (Baby's first open source project) 18 Jan 2009 | 05:49 am
I pushed out my first open source project this week. It's a Python interface to HelpSpot's web services API. HelpSpot is a help desk application that I use, like and happily recommend. You can find m...
Missteps in Django - Part 3 9 Jan 2009 | 06:51 am
This one will make it obvious that the missteps are my own mistakes, not problems inherit in Django. I'm not terribly embarrassed to look this dumb. Most days, I'm proud of my density. On with the sho...
Missteps in Django - Part 2 23 Dec 2008 | 06:34 am
My next misstep was related to using the regroup tag that I mentioned in the previous post. First, let's take a look at the example model I'm working with. I wanted to display these Shipments groupe...
Missteps in Django - Part 1 18 Dec 2008 | 02:37 am
Welcome back fellow Avocadoists! I finally got something up and running in Django and I'm going to tell you about some problems I had learning and using Django in the process. I'm working on my own as...
