Entries From July, 2007

LIfe at a Startup

Posted on Jul 31, 2007 - 9:13 AM Comments (1)

A lot of people ask me what it's like working at an internet startup. I, unfortunately, missed out on the web 1.0 bubble so I am hoping to catch a piece of the new wave. Traditionally, I have worked for established companies for good, or great, salaries with amazing benefits, programs, etc.

When I got an offer to come work at Groovr, I really took some time to think it over. I have always felt like an entrepreneur but never had the courage to try and build a company myself. So I decided to take a risk and ...

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iPod Security

Posted on Jul 19, 2007 - 4:01 PM Comments (0)

Ever had your iPod stolen or "Pod Jacked"? Well my 30G black iPod was stolen out of an MGM Grand hotel room a few weeks ago. I didn't notice it missing from my bag until I had gotten home. To late to do anything about it! I went searching for iPod security products, but found nothing.

Enter Hide A Pod! This was passed along to me today. It is the ultimate product to secure your iPod or new iPhone. I am still trying to get mine ordered, but there appears to be issues with the Microsoft servers. I will ...

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Ping Technorati from your Django App

Posted on Jul 14, 2007 - 9:39 AM Comments (4)

There are other articles written about this, but I felt the need to write a better one. Ahem.

Meat and potatoes time.

In your settings.py file, set 2 new variables:


# 'PING' blog indexing sites. 
PING_BLOG_INDEX = True



# List of blog index ping URL's
BLOG_INDEX = ['http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping',
              'http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2',
              'http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2']

PING_BLOG_INDEX is self explanatory. BLOG_INDEX is a list of blog XMLRPC url's that this application is going to use to notify the remote website (blog indexer) that your blog has been updated.

Let's create a new ...

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Oi! Update Time

Posted on Jul 9, 2007 - 7:22 PM Comments (0)

Been very busy the last few weeks. Not much time for updates here, but ill get to it soon! Here is a quick recap of the last week.


  1. Transformers was awesome. Not great, but pretty f'n cool.

  2. Django still rocks! (More tips coming soon)

  3. Tipping your bartender's well will result in a severe hangover. They return the love with extra strong drinks.

  4. Kids being gone with the grandparents for 3 weeeks is not as fun as I thought. In fact, it sucks! I miss them! It sucks even more that they don't miss me!

  5. In-n-Out still makes ...

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1408 - I Hate You

Posted on Jul 2, 2007 - 11:58 AM Comments (0)

So, I know a lot the reviews were pretty bad but my wife and I wanted to catch a flick and we had seen everything that we wanted to already. We decided to watch 1408 because it had one thing going for it, which was that it is based on a Stephen King short story. I guess the fact that John Cusack was the lead should have sent red flags up. We sat through it none the less.

Well... It sucked. I could go on about the predictable dialogue, the boring (not scary) hotel room, the horrible acting in the ...

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