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The Importance of the initial argument in Django newforms library
I think this is the issue I was having with newforms a while back.
XCache and eAccelerator Plugins for WordPress at The NeoSmart Files
Yet *another* layer of caching for Wordpress?
Dust-Me Selectors
Firefox plugin to detect unused css selectors. However, you have to manually navigate the whole site for it to be of any use.
Leaked Google Video Discusses Google Reader, Social Efforts
"Google will work on a standard for feed publishers to tell aggegrators about changes in the feed" - This better have a "minor change, don't mark as unread' setting, because I've wanted that for years.
django-sphinx - Google Code
Looks like a good way to do full text search on specific Django models
LukeW: Primary & Secondary Actions in Web Forms
I was always of the opinion that "cancel" buttons should most of the time not exist, but there's some useful points in here.
Redirection - Manage 301 redirections without modifying Apache
Looks good for keeping renamed posts in check, but may be slower than mod_rewrite.
James Turnbull is a web developer from Edinburgh and living in Oxford. This website is a link-dump of things he found online.
James is developer and co-author of the popular Google Earth "things-to-see" website, Google Sightseeing and the spin-off book Not in the Guide Book. He also sometimes posts blogs to Rotacoo.
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Ordos: China’s Vacant City
In grand Dubai-esque fashion, Ordos City in Chinese Inner Mongolia rises from the desert to proclaim the glory of mankind’s accomplishments. Its glittering high-rise buildings and grand government projects are skirted on all sides by smooth…
Posted on 7th September 2010
Distilleries of Islay
Fans of single-malt scotch whisky associate single malts from the Isle of Islay in Scotland with bold and peaty flavors. Not every whisky produced on the island is heavily peated, but that’s the signature flavour of…
Posted on 2nd September 2010
HubPages Marks the Spot
Recognising our literary passion, technical knowledge, and expertise in the online mapping field1, the web’s 57th most popular website, HubPages, have asked Alex and me to join their expert panel and judge entries to their latest…
Posted on 31st August 2010
The Russian Woodpecker
Last week a top-secret Russian shortwave radio station, UVB-76, began broadcasting a coded message for only the fourth time in 28 years. Today we’re exploring another shortwave system within the radioactive zone surrounding Chernobyl, The Russian…
Posted on 30th August 2010
Airport Emergency Training Locations
As a moderately frequent flyer, I enjoy looking out for fire and emergency training locations at airports. It’s fascinating because, for anybody who is even vaguely nervous about flying, the sight of a twisted and charred…
Posted on 27th August 2010