July 2008
16 posts
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Cable YoYo Pop
Cable YoYo Pop (RadTech)
Yes, I know I’m reviewing a ten dollar product.
It’s designed to stick onto the back of your iPod. However, if you have an iPhone, you probably don’t want to stick your headphones on it all the time.
So I stuck the suction cup to the included same-sized belt-clip. It worked like a charm.
It took me way too long to find the ideal way to keep my...
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Stupid-Simple Django Admin Previews
This requires a general understanding of Django’s generic views. It also requires that you have a model that you want to preview. This model must have some kind of ‘draft’ status that is not shown on your live site, but is saved in the database.
So, lets say you have a model called Article. To add a preview for each article:
Add a generic object_detail view to your...
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*Cinema -- The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight (2008)
As good as everyone is saying.
Heath Ledger was fantastic. Creepier than anything ever.
Seriously though, I had trouble watching half of his scenes simply because I was afraid of anything he’d do. Although this was less about his acting and more about his actions. I’m a wimp when it comes to movie violence.
Maggie Gyllenhaal kicked Katie Homes’ butt....
#7944 (Generic date based views get confused with... →
found my first django bug!
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Twenty Gigs Free!
It took way too long, but I’ve finally cut my music library by about half, from thirty gigs to fifteen. This means I actually have some breathing room on my tiny eighty-gig Macbook Air. At least for a little while, that is…
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Django!
Excitement!
I have switched from Rails to Django. Ideally this isn’t too big of a change for you, but it is for me. For the first time ever, I have written my own backend!
For the most part it was simple and incredibly fun. Basically its something I though I’d never be able to do, so I’m way too excited about it. Most things should be about the same. If you find any errors or...
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Canon SD750
Sample pics! Yay!
Rose, taken with my new camera this morning. It was taken in full natural light, no flash. The flash was set to automatic, and I’m pretty sure for the first time ever with a Canon camera, it didn’t apply the flash. I was impressed.
My iPhone 3G, taken with my new camera. This also has no flash.. though it tried to use it this time (taken in a different...
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iPhone 3G, Baby
As you might have guessed, I got a 3G iPhone. There is no way around it, I love it. Is gorgeous, white and significantly faster than the old one.
Luckily though I didn’t wait on a three hour line. I called the two closest Apple Stores every couple of hours. I started around noon, getting reports of “three to four hours” of wait time for a phone. I started to get worried that...
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Clearly, I Need Sleep
This morning I noticed I was pretty much out of face wash, but I knew I had another bottle in my bedroom so I didn’t buy one today. So tonight, when I went to wash my face in the bathroom, I realized I had to get the other bottle. However I couldn’t find the new bottle anywhere. I was looking all over forever. I finally found it on the bathroom sink. Yes, I had completely forgotten I...
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Glasses. They Help You See.
Yay for new glasses! I can see!
Seriously though, got a second pair of glasses and new lenses. The best part is now I can always have a pair in my purse so I don’t accidently leave the house without glasses. Thats the worst. Yay!
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*Cinema -- Wall-E
Wall-E (2008)
Might be the cutest movie on the planet.
Loved just about everything Wall-E did.
So sweet.
Absolutely beautiful. I can’t wait to see it on my TV.
Loved every bit of physical comedy.
I know I’m probably in the minority, but I actually liked Ratatouille even more.
However that doesn’t mean that I didn’t love Wall-E.
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The basics of creating a tumblelog with Django :... →
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*Cinema -- Dan in Real Life
Dan in Real Life (2007)
The daughters were easily the best part.
I love Steve Carell when he’s anyone except Michael from The Office (don’t get me wrong, I love him on The Office too). He is just the greatest guy.
Dane Cook, however. Meh.
Juliette Binoche was a bit too perfect. Her positive qualities were all way over-exaggerated.
Actually plenty of things were over-exaggerated....
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Shiny New Things
So! I have a new layout up. I’ve had the ideas and the illustrations done for some time now. I actually first drew those birds maybe a year ago now… its just taken a while for me to find the time and motivation enough to finish up.
As for inspiration and creation… I guess I tried to make something that was more organic, but still with some structure, which is where I got the...