‘development’ Entries
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Apr272010
Switching Themes in Gnome Shell
As many of you may know, Gnome3 is due for release later this year, and with it's release, we will see Gnome-Shell become the new window manager for many Linux distributions based on Gnome. I have played around with Gnome-Shell and I have to say that I really like how it's making everyday tasks something that feels natural and simple. I really look forward to the end result.
I did however have one initial complaint about Gnome-Shell, and that was that it's not easy to change themes, yet. What I do like, is that the gnome developers decided …
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Jun162009
django-adzone Source Uploaded
I have been working on a django advertising application for use in some upcoming projects. Decided to make it openly available to the community. Please note that I found that there is another similair app called django-ads. I have not tested this one, so I dont know what it's like.
The main use case for this application is to allow a user to upload different types of ads, ie, text, banner, flash. These ads are added to a Category, and a Zone. Zones are just a silly name for the different areas on the site which can contain …
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May102009
django-video on Cloud27
I have decided to create a project for django-video, my video streaming applicaiton for django, on Cloud27. This makes it more official and gives me a good starting point. Cloud27 also has many django users that can contribute to the project, should they like it.
The code will be hosted on github, but this will only happen once I've decided what licensing model to use. If you have any suggestions on licenses, please feel free to leave a comment, and I'll look into it. Note that I'll only be considering proven, well known open source licenses.
The …
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Apr152009
New Site Up
I have finally decided that it's time to have my own, personal website up and running, with which I can advertise my skills and services. I previously used teh_node for this, but after much thought, and chatting to others, realized that teh_node may have been the wrong website to advertise myself.
There were 2 main issues:
Firstly, teh_node is advertised as a business, yet I was using it as my personal site and portfolio. People got confused when I sent them the link to teh_node, thinking I'm working in that company, and the work there are of …