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Fun with pygame -/default

Here's a little program written so far to move a tank around. Early days.

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Nvidia mobile graphics gpu - nvidia g86-770-a2/default

Just a note of what it was.

Setting up latest version of Django in a nutshell (don't ask me why it works)/default

Thought I'd give Django another go - had problems setting up the admin module (well, had to google it a bit) and so I thought I would capute here what happened.

Firstly, create the database 

sqlite ifriends.db 

Then manage.py sycndb 

Then uncomment the lines from urls.py 

from django.contrib import admin
admin.autodiscover()

(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),

Then add 

django.contrib.admin

to the INSTALLED_APPS part of settings.py. 

Then run ./manage syncdb - go through any steps it might ask you.

Then run the server and browse to localhost:8000/admin and hey presto.

As for adding a model to the admin class, you need to add an admin.py file to the app with the following:

from django.contrib import admin
 

fromfrom django.contrib import admin

iFriends.People.models import Person
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
           pass
admin.site.register(Person, PersonAdmin)

This imports the admin module and then the Person model. After that, it creates a subclass of ModelAdmin called person admin. You then call the site.register function with the original class and the new Admin class. I think you may need to run syncdb after this to enable it.

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A6481 - Strimmer cable/default

Works a treat and available from www.amazon.co.uk

Jaunty flash/default

For some reason, when I updated mythbuntu to jaunty, it decided to install a free version of flash. Whilst I like free, it doesn't work well with my children's love of club penguin.

So, a quick

sudo apt-get remove --purge swfdec-mozilla swfdec-gnome mozilla-plugin-gnash gnash

fixed the issue, and now we're playing and everyone is happy.

Django/default

Django 1 seems slightly different in getting admin working for some models.

Within the application you need to create a admin.py file with the following:

from iFriends.People.models import Person
from django.contrib import admin
admin.site.register(Person)

dvd::rip/default

Ubuntu 8.10 seems to be having problems with transcode using dvd::rip.

So I managed to find different settings which work on the PS3. Lucky me.

However, I know I need to record these details otherwise I'll never manage to stumble on them again.
Xvid4 works with mpeg and 4-high - wiht vhq to 1-mode selection.

MPC-L Viglen new web host/default

I have installed a MPC-L Viglen at home to act as a replacement for the Slug, which hosts some Django stuff, but isn't beef enough to do anything major.

Currently, this is running apache nicely and has a couple of websites installed - this one (kabads.org.uk) and learningtimes.org.uk - the latter will soon become a times table system for the children to play with.

Openwrt setup/default

Tweaked my openwrt router. Needed to rm /etc/resolv.conf and edit it by hand to get ipkg working normally.

Feeling creative/default

OK - so I've messed around long enough on this laptop and it's time I got creative. I can feel that I need to write something. I've designed the schema for a database that will be behind a django application that manages teacher reports on pupils. However, that feels like too big a chunk of work to take on at the moment, so I will just park that for a while, and build up some confidence in Django using the book, Website development with Django. Watch this space.