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Import Error: No module named django.core.management

Installing and testing the Django Framework on my new mac I came across the error "Import Error: No module named django.core.management" when attempting to run the sever.  I installed the framework using macports and there w...read more

Quick Note on Setting Up a Mail Server

Part of the basics when setting up a mail server but I needed to put this command somewhere as a reminder:/etc/init.d/saslauthd startIt starts the sasl authentication server which is used to authenticate SMTP co...read more

Microformats Creator Tool

"Microformats are a way of adding simple markup to human-readable data items such as events, contact details or locations, on web pages, so that the information in them can be extracted by software and indexed, searched fo...read more

Recursive Directory Listing

Nothing too fancy but a nice way of viewing a directory tree on your *nix box.ls -R | grep ":$" | sed -e 's/:$//' -e 's/[^-][^\/]*\//--/g' -e 's/^/ /' -e 's/-/|/' This was originally posted on read more

The BBC iPlayer

Bowing to pressure from accessibility groups the BBC has launched it's platform independent version of the iPlayer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/.  The iPlayer uses Abode Flash to ...read more