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I've been working on updating all of my articles to use ReStructured text formatting these past couple of days. Basically ever since I started using Django on my personal sites, I used Textile formatting to make my articles look pretty, and it treated me well. However, I found...

The Django team has once again announced a new release of their absolutely amazing framework. Right on schedule, version 1.0.1 has been made available to the world. This release packs over two hundred fixes over the original Django 1.0 codebase. I'm in the process of upgrading my...

I've posted some screenshots for my django-pendulum application!

Here's yet another application to help you make your site more useful to your users. django-reploc is a "representative locator" for Django-powered Web sites. It uses the Google Maps API to offer your users an interactive map of your representatives, vendors, friends, houses, etc.

I built this application to...

Up until a couple weeks ago, I had never installed a FavIcon on any of my Django sites. I never really thought about it until one day I enabled the SEND_BROKEN_LINK_EMAILS setting for one of my sites. As soon as I did that, I was able to track...

Ever curious to see information about failed login attempts on your site? This morning I threw together a small, simple Django application that allows you to do just that. I'm calling this project django-axes, which is pronounced as "jango access".

I've only tested it on my own site, so...

Several updates made to django-pendulum.

I've released my personal time clock application on Google Code!

Ever since my wife bought me one of the 3gen iPod nano's, I've been stuck using that blasted iTunes program (which doesn't work on Linux) to synchronize my music and movies. Thanks to a little bit of surfing I did today, I accidentally found a solution to my predicament.

This kinda caught me off guard, but apparently Python version 2.6.0 final has been released!

For those of you who are actually able to view my site right now, you're lucky.

Ever in the mood to have your Web site change colors depending on what day of the year it is (kinda the way Google's logo changes on holidays and such)? Well now you can do it a lot easier.

This is for those of us who need more screen real estate. If you're a fan of Linux-style virtual desktops, but you're forced to use Windows at work, Dexpot might just be the answer to your prayers. It was for me!

In continuation of a previous article, now you can learn how to install Django on a shared hosting provider. I know for a fact that this HOWTO works with Site5 because I used it to setup a friend's account with Django a few minutes ago.

Django 1.0 final is here at last!

Finally, I have created my very first extension for Firefox. It's simple and to-the-point, but I think it does its job well!

Django's newly merged comments application seemed to break a lot of things for me. Here are some tips in case you're in the same boat.

For those of us who are looking for or offering design services. Learn what you should be looking for in an agency, or how you should be acting as an agency.

Now all Django users have a simple way to keep track of active users on their Django-powered websites. Installs in less than 5 minutes!

Use Django's Object-Relational Mapper to design your database quickly and easily--regardless of the programming language/framework used in your final product.

Learn how to get started with Django on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

My newest project: django-clevercss, an interface to CleverCSS for those of us who are somewhat lazy or bored.

Bigger and better things are always on the way!

Learn how to make your own iPod-compatible audio books using completely free utilities on Linux!

The awesome Django developers and contributors have finally merged the newforms-admin branch into trunk!!!

This morning I took my final and it is officially my summer vacation now!

Reflections on a recent experience as a freelance developer.

CodeKoala.com is 100% search engine optimized!

Yes folks, I have launched yet another website.

A second attempt at installing openSUSE 11.0 on my computer.

Notes on the first attempt to install openSUSE 11.0 on my computer.

The details on the verdict concerning the legality of my PyScriptures program.

Yet another frustipation concerning Windows.

The latest release of PyScriptures is ready!

PyScriptures has moved to Google Code in order to allow more people access to the program.

The first "official" public release of PyScriptures.

The steps I took to install Slackware 12.1 on my Asus EeePC (701).

Are Web developers setting themselves up for huge problems in the future?

Add the SwiftFox Debian repositories to your system to make for easy installation and upgrades.

Learn how to add Opera to your Debian repository list to make installation and updates easy.

Learn how to add the Debian Multimedia repositories to your system so you can easily install and update useful video and audio programs, codecs, and libraries.

So this semester is finally over and done with. I only have two more courses to take before I am done with my major, but I still have quite a few classes before I complete my minor (I chose one very late). I will still be in school...

Daylight savings time (in the Spring) sucks.

Some thoughts about my preference for the Python programming language.

Do such holiday's really serve a purpose?

Now you have a new way of checking my site without actually bothering with it.

A "homegrown" solution to the ridiculous gas prices?

I finally made my first contribution to an open source project!

It's amazing what some people will do to show their support for a good cause.

Final comments on the whole CIT-410 camping fiasco.

A letter to my professor.

A letter to my team members.

Yet another attempt at maintaining a blog.

Learn how to compile and install your own Linux kernel so you can tweak your system to the max!

Sometimes things just go wrong when you try to change your bootloader in Linux. Whether you use GRUB or LILO (or some other bootloader), this article may be of use if you find your MBR somewhat hosed.

I recently purchased a 120GB drive to use as a shared disk between computers. Since I use several operating systems regularly, I wanted a format that all could play well with. Here's what I had to do.

For those of you who love Java as much as I do, you might be wondering if your existing netbeans projects can be upgraded to JDK 6. This will explain how to do it.

Many of us who use Linux on our laptops have run into a particularly annoying feature when surfing the & 'Net. Sometimes when you try to simply move the mouse, your web browser magically goes to a different page. Let's fix this.

This is a great feature and all, but I personally don't like the "nag" screen when I don't shut down Firefox the way I should.

Learn how to get MySQL up and running on a fresh installation of Slackware.

Learn some basic information about Linux and how to use the command line interface.

With the newest release of my favorite distribution of Linux, I had to try my hand at installing and running it on my laptop. This is the beginning of a series of smaller articles dealing with Slackware 11.0.

So I ran across this nerd version of the Christmas carol the other day. I figured that I'd post it here.

Accessing wireless networks with Linux can be one of the biggest pains ever--trust me. I have created this guide in hopes that your attempts may go better than my first attempts.

The steps I took in order to install SLED 10.0 on my HP Pavilion dv8000. Hopefully this article will be of use to you.

Ever started a project that involved multiple developers, or wanted to keep track of changes that you make to your files? Learn how to effectively use a Subversion (SVN) repository to ease the burden of manually merging or backing up files.

Is the scroll button on your mouse not working under Linux? Learn how to enable it with just a few lines in a configuration file.