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tech
danielle
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python
In the most self-referential of blog posts, I've redesigned and relaunched this website using Mezzanine, a Django-(and therefore Python)-based CMS. I originally implemented it seven years ago in Drupal... then four years ago was heard regretting that... I've migrated almost all the original content
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old-drupal-blog
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charis
friends
laptop
power
danielle
In a slight break from our normal family news... Charis experimented with inserting a mini audio jack into the power connector that plugs into my (David's) work Dell laptop. It produced no auditory success, but bent the pin inside the power connector. I managed to straighten it, but
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old-drupal-blog
tech
im
pidgin
danielle
So, Facebook added their Chat application but still haven't added the promised Jabber support so that you can use it through a standard instant messaging client. (If you haven't ever used one I recommend Pidgin - you can use it to do messaging over Jabber, Google
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old-drupal-blog
old-invention-blog
tech
nuct
opensource
pidgin
skype
danielle
After thinking about de-nuctifying the world I've started to investigate creating a Pidgin (formerly Gaim) plugin to control Skype. This means you're still using a closed network, but from an open program, which makes migrating easier (and allows people to try multiple networks from the same
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old-drupal-blog
tech
children
games
danielle
I found PyToddler recently and had James having lots of fun moving crayons round the screen and trying to make a mouse eat some cheese and say "Yum yum yum yum yum" - great watching him say "Go over there mouse!" and trying to encourage him
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myspace
nuct
open
opensource
skype
socialnetworking
danielle
I've had a strange experience over the past year, and it's getting more common. As a developer, I used to be the one recommending software/tech things to my friends. Now all my non-technical friends have started recommending things to me that they have discovered on
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old-drupal-blog
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site
danielle
Have been setting up Drupal for this new site (frasergo.org) Works reasonably nicely, just such a shame it's written in PHP :-)