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Quickly Impersonate Another User In Your Django Project

Posted on Feb 4, 2011 - 4:06 PM Comments (0)

I've created or worked on so many Django projects in the last 4 years that I find myself completely forgetting a project or client all together. It's sort of funny. Anyways...

Too many times I've run into a situation where I, as an admin, need to impersonate another user on the system so I can verify a bug or issue that the user is experiencing. Over the years I've thrown together some internal methods to easily accomplish this.

Well I finally got fed up with the process and decided to roll out a easily re-usable Django ...

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NorthWoods Inn - Hallows Eve 2010

Posted on Nov 8, 2010 - 11:45 PM Comments (0)

On Hallows Eve 2010 I went to dinner at the NorthWoods Inn restaurant. I had family in town and this is the place they picked. It was also a dinner to celebrate my brothers 18th birthday.

This place is known for it's great steaks and mouth watering (literally!) garlic cheese bread. Also, they serve you large bowls of peanuts and encourage you to throw the shells on the floor. It definitely adds to the woodsy lodge type atmosphere that this joint has. This will be a review of the foods I ate that night...

First off, the garlic cheese ...

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Lakers Opening Game - 10/26/2010

Posted on Nov 2, 2010 - 5 PM Comments (0)

When I was born, I was wearing a Dodgers hat and a Lakers jersey. Sounds odd I know, but that's just a result of being born and bred in Southern California.

It just so happened that the Lakers opening game for the 2010/2011 season fell on my brothers 18th birthday. We decided to celebrate by going to the game. They were playing the Houston Rockets which was cool because we had a grueling series with them in the playoff's the season before last. Still some bad blood there no doubt.

The game was completely sold out but ...

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You (Yes You!) DO Have Urgency Issues

Posted on Aug 12, 2010 - 10:17 AM Comments (0)

Ok, I admit it. I'm absolutely horrible at keeping my priorities in proper order. I'm willing to guess that you are too. Why? Because most humans are. It's sort of our nature.

You might not be as bad as I am or you might be much worse. Either way, we all have issues keeping our priorities in check in the face of a new "urgent" issue.

This morning my buddy Marcel Chastain pointed me to a blog that I've never read before. It's called Rock Your Day and it's written by a guy named ...

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Grab What's Between Your Legs!

Posted on Jul 29, 2010 - 1:21 PM Comments (3)

Crude title for this post but I think it's necessary.

I subscribe to many different mailing lists because I like to see what people are writing, teaching, promoting, etc. More importantly, I like to see the style in which they do it.

It's a great way to learn about marketing, copywriting, and salesmanship. One of my favorites is Frank Kern, which isn't really a surprise because he's huge in the internet marketing world.

Today I was going through my many, many mailing list emails and ran across an email from Frank about a new blog post ...

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Brand Spankin' New Design

Posted on Jun 25, 2010 - 5:14 PM Comments (0)

A few weeks ago I went looking around Theme Forest for a new design to use on this website. A lot of people get confused and think that because I am a great web developer — *cough* — that I'm also a great web designer. Well web designer I'm not, and yes, there is a huge difference between the two. When I need a new web design I do it the old fashioned way, I buy it. Either buy a new theme or hire a designer to create something unique for me.

So there are still a few kinks to ...

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UPDATE: ZerigoDNS Python Module

Posted on May 18, 2010 - 3:33 PM Comments (0)

Last december I announced a new open source project I created. It's a Python module to work with the Zerigo DNS service API. Well, the API has been updated with support for two new features, Zone and Host "Templates."

This is an awesome feature and I took some time a week or so ago to update the Python module I created to support these new features. The module will now fully support all Zone and Host Template operations as per the API docs.

You can view (and clone) the source code at it's public repo page here.

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I'm Going Off The Radar

Posted on Feb 19, 2010 - 10:20 AM Comments (0)

Just a quick update. Starting tonight I am going to be unavailable for a few weeks. No cell phone, email, internet, etc.

Feel free to email me if you need anything and I'll respond when I get back. Also, any support issues will also be handled when I return.

I'll explain everything once I return. See you all in a few weeks!

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Yeah... I've Been Hiding Out...

Posted on Feb 13, 2010 - 7:21 PM Comments (2)

Yea, I sort of quit blogging the last few months. Not because I don't have anything to write about or that I think it's a waste of time. Even if it was a waste of time, the real issue is I haven't had much of just that... uh, time that is. No time.

I have a list of blog post ideas in my iPhone that I just haven't had time to write them up. I also have a list of like 4 or 5 products that I think would sell really well but just no time ...

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Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on Nov 26, 2009 - 3:56 PM Comments (0)

If you're reading this, I want to say thanks for being a reader of mine.

Also, just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to all of you out there who are celebrating it. We all have things to be thankful for in our lives - no matter how big or small. Enjoy them all!

I'm off to stuff my face with turkey, potatoes, gravy, and biscuits. Seriously it's one of my favorite meals. I'm not a big fan of stuffing or any of the other "normal" Thanksgiving extras.

Of course, being hispanic we'll also be eating some ...

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