This just in: Python somewhere between the Eiffel Tower and Cory Doctorow

Posted by: barbara | Date: Sep 29, 2008 | Category: geek humor python | Comments: 0
Height [xkcd]

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Super simple pagination, WITHOUT using Django's Paginator object

Posted by: barbara | Date: Sep 25, 2008 | Category: django python | Comments: 0
Once again, I've been struggling with pagination. It's not that I don't like Django's Paginator object ... it's that ... well, okay, I don't like it. Anyway, I just needed something painfully simple for this site, and Paginator seemed a little like overkill.

So here's my super-simple ...

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Using Python str, datetime, lists and sets to group dates

Posted by: barbara | Date: Sep 21, 2008 | Category: django python | Comments: 1
I'm in the process of writing my own blog app (project 'belleville'), one that will eventually replace the Wordpress blog that this site is using, and one of the things I need is a templatetag for the sidebar that lists archive dates, grouped by month - it should look ...

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RestView, via DjangoSnippets

Posted by: barbara | Date: Sep 21, 2008 | Category: django | Comments: 0
RestView - class for creating a view that dispatches based on request.method

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Cool idea, but I think we might need a few more IP addresses

Posted by: barbara | Date: Sep 21, 2008 | Category: the internets | Comments: 0
Cisco Launches Alliance For the 'Internet of Things' [eChannelLine] (via Slashdot) Related links: New Industry Alliance Promotes Use of IP in Networks of 'Smart Objects' [Cisco Press Release] IPSO Alliance

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