Entries during Feb 2010
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Feb222010
My Django Blogging App
Why yet another django blogging app?
About a month ago, I finally decided to put my blogging application up on github. Now I know there are hundreds of blogging engines out there, and many of them are far better than the one I've created, but it was important for me to develop and keep extending my own, for the purpose of learning more. This is probably the biggest reason why I dont use some of the more well known blogging frameworks, such as Wordpress, or even django-mingus (which by the way looks …
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Feb192010
Why I Love django-photologue
When I first started working with Django, I didn't know about photologue. Whenever I needed an image for a particular model, I would use the standard django ImageField(). I would search on the internet for snippets and techniques on creating thumbnails for the images when they are saved. This became a bit tedious, and after searching for a while longer, I discovered a wonderful little app, which I still use from time to time, called sorl.
The next project I woked on required a gallery, I thought I'd take advantage …
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Feb162010
Social Networking Privacy Meme
When I first joined facebook, I was quite reluctant to do so, since I was well aware that whatever I post online would be accessible to everyone, and that things can get out of hand. I was however excited about an easy method to keep in touch with friends, family and even the possibility of catching up with long lost friends.
So I signed up and made sure that I keep my profile to the minimum. I only added some of the most important information, so that friends and family could get in touch with me if they …