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Modifying Other Sites with Kynetx

When I wrote House Sheet, the biggest downside of using it was entering all the data for a house on a form. It wasn’t a big deal since we started by entering all that data in a spreadsheet, but it was a pain in the butt because I figured there had to be an easier [...]

February 3, 2011 · Dustin · One Comment
Posted in: Programming & Internet

PHP, Python & Django

When I started learning Python & Django I was alone. I didn’t personally know anyone using it. I had actually started learning Ruby on Rails due to all the hype surrounding it. I had been developing PHP apps for 8 years. I liked PHP, but it got to a point where maintaining very large projects [...]

January 26, 2011 · Dustin · 13 Comments
Posted in: Programming & Internet

Speeding Up Online Videos

One of my favorite tools on Windows is Enounce MySpeed. It basically allows you to incread the playback speed of online videos – or any flash content really. This is great for watching long instuctional type vidoes. Unfortunately MySpeed is not available on Ubuntu Linux. I’ve had to come up with a work-around process to [...]

September 15, 2010 · Dustin · 6 Comments
Posted in: Programming & Internet, Technology

Integrate MailChimp with your Django App

*** Updated. For some reason, greatape has disappeared. I’ve updated this post to use MailSnake *** Here’s a quick & easy method for integrating MailChimp into your next Django application. 1. Sign up for MailChimp <– this is an affiliate link. Sign up is free, but if you decide to upgrade to a paid account you [...]

June 21, 2010 · Dustin · 12 Comments
Tags: django, mailchimp · Posted in: Programming & Internet

Extending Django settings.py File

When first learning Django & python, one issue I had was how to store my settings.py file in SVN. It’s been a while and things are a little hazy, but I remember my settings.py file in my local development environment was always out of sync and I was careful not to include it in updates. [...]

May 13, 2010 · Dustin · 14 Comments
Tags: django · Posted in: Programming & Internet

Implementing a Forgot Password Feature on a Django Site

Here is something that seems to be quite common on any type of membership site – members forget their password. This morning I was about to write this and I though surely there must be something build in. Surely. It’s turns out it is built in quite nicely and very easy to use. Start with [...]

April 22, 2010 · Dustin · Comments Closed
Tags: django, forgot password, password reset · Posted in: Programming & Internet

Mobile App on Subdomain with Django

I’ve noticed a fairly common pattern arising with mobile and iPhone versions of websites using sub-domains. Clicky is an excellent example of this. They provide an iPhone version of their site at i.getclicky.com and a generic mobile version at m.getclicky.com. I want to create something similar for Inzolo.com. I assumed that Django, with all its [...]

March 3, 2010 · Dustin · 14 Comments
Tags: django, iphone, mobile, python · Posted in: Programming & Internet

Django: ProgrammingError: Can’t Adapt

I find I get an error like this far too often, but not often enough to remember why I got the problem the previous time. For my own sanity, I’m blogging about it for reference. The error itself is not very descriptive: Exception Type: ProgrammingError Exception Value: can’t adapt Unless there is something I’m forgetting, [...]

January 28, 2010 · Dustin · 12 Comments
Tags: django · Posted in: Programming & Internet

Basic Authentication on mod_wsgi

I’m currently in the process of creating an iPhone app for Inzolo. This requires an API of course. I wanted to take advantage of what was currently available for Django and I came across wapi. Time is of the essence so I decided to take the easiest route and use basic authentication for now. (I’m [...]

January 11, 2010 · Dustin · 11 Comments
Tags: api, authentication, basic auth, django, mod_wsgi, piston, wapi, webfaction, wsgi · Posted in: Programming & Internet

Fixing IE Issues

This morning for whatever reason I was loathing IE. I hadn’t done any development work all weekend so I don’t even know why it was on my mind. In any case I had an epiphany of sorts. Despite being totally proprietary, IE seems to be the most easily exploited browser due to its support of [...]

December 15, 2009 · Dustin · 38 Comments
Tags: Chrome, Google, IE · Posted in: Programming & Internet, Technology

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    I’ve added a new report to the reports section: Spending by Month. The report will let you select a date range, then show your spending for each month in that range, along with totals and averages. It’s as simple as that. Not much else to say. Go give it a try. […]
  • Inzolo Mobile Chrome Extension
    I recently learned how to make Google Chrome extensions. For kicks & giggles I made an extension that will load Inzolo mobile in a pop-up window. This can be handy if you want to jump into the simply mobile interface to check envelope balances, bank account balances or add a new transaction while sitting at […]
  • Introducing “Feature Vote”
    You may have noticed a new menu option for “Feature Vote”. This is a new tool I have added to let you help decided what you think the most important feature request is for Inzolo. You get 10 votes every month to put toward the idea you think would be most beneficial. Also, you can […]

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