I’m not going to recap how to set up virtualenv for your project as there is a great walk through on that here.  The issue on windows is around when you want to activate your project.  Powershell has a restricted execution policy turned on by default.  The manual way around this is to run powershell as an administrator, and run this:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

Works, but that’s an extra click.  You can also change this value permanently in the registry at the key listed below, but that didn’t seem to stick when opening powershell through launchy

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\ShellIds\Microsoft.PowerShell

Enter my hacked up solution.

Create a shortcut for powershell with these parameters:

Target: %SystemRoot%\syswow64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
Start In: %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%

Then, if your workspace and projects are set up relatively the same, you can create a powershell script (or a cmd script if not using powershell), named workon.ps1 that looks something like this:

$ENV:PYTHONPATH=""
cd C:\Users\tbroder\workspace\$args\
.\myenv\Scripts\activate

I threw this in my C:\Python26\Scripts folder.  It assumes your project lives in a workspace folder, that your project name is a single word, and that all of your virtualenvs are called myenv.  Example of using it below:

Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

PS C:\Users\tbroder> workon gsb
(myenv) PS C:\Users\tbroder\workspace\gsb>

1. Download junction (think symbolic links for windows). Put the executable somewhere in your path. I put it in my Python scripts folder (C:\Python26\Scripts)
2. Plan out your directory structure: Make sure you don’t have any stock django eggs or folders in your site-packages folder
3. Create a django_veresions folder in site-packages (C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django_versions)
4. In this folder I put my different django installs

    C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django_versions\1.1\django
    C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django_versions\1.3\django
    C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django_versions\1.4\django
   

5. I also put a txt file inside the django folder to easily see what version is there (this will be helpful later to double check)

   C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django_versions\1.4\django\1.4.txt

6. Create a file called djangoversion.cmd and drop it in C:\Python26\Scripts

   junction -d C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django
   junction C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django_versions\%1\django

7. The first line removes any links that may have been there. The second line creates a new link to the version you’ll pass in.
8. Now, to switch versions, just run this from the command line:

   djangoversion 1.4

   PS C:\Users\tbroder> djangoversion 1.4
   
   C:\Users\tbroder>junction -d C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django
   
   Junction v1.06 - Windows junction creator and reparse point viewer
   Copyright (C) 2000-2010 Mark Russinovich
   Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
   
   Deleted C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django.
   
   C:\Users\tbroder>junction C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django_versions\1.4\django
   
   Junction v1.06 - Windows junction creator and reparse point viewer
   Copyright (C) 2000-2010 Mark Russinovich
   Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
   
   Created: C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django
   Targetted at: C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django_versions\1.4\django
   PS C:\Users\tbroder>
   

9. Switch as needed

1. Add the book to your Calibre library
2. Update any needed metadata.
3. Jump over to Amazon and open the book’s page
4. Make sure you are on the Kindle edition of the book.  If there is no kindle edition, this will not work.
5. Make note of the ASIN code.

   

6. Take this code and use it as the ISBN number in Calibre (it will not like this, that’s ok)

   

7. Convert the book to .mobi (Even if it is already in .mobi format, you have to do this)
8. Copy the book to your kindle via USB. Either by dragging it in your file manager or through Calibre. Do not use email, wifi, or 3g to do this, it will remove the ASIN code that we just wrapped onto the document. Once it is on the device syncing over wifi/3g will function as normal)
9. Using USB, copy the file to your device. For android this is the kindle folder on your SD card. I haven’t tested but doing through iTunes is supposed to work for an iphone/ipad.

Enjoy!

Instead of going to:
/sdcard/dropbox
These files are now stored in:
/sdcard/Android/data/com.dropbox.android/files/scratch

Tech

• Sitepoint – Web Dev news, tutorials, interviews

  http://www.sitepoint.com/

• Official jQuery podcast* – Javascript library
  http://podcast.jquery.com/
• yayQuery* – Front End Dev podcast

  http://yayquery.com/

• djangodose* – Had great news about jquery, but I think its dead
  http://djangodose.com/
• techzinglive – Random tech/hacker news
  http://techzinglive.com/
• The Dev Show – Ruby,Php, Java, Javascript
  http://5by5.tv/devshow
• The changelog – Open source news

  http://thechangelog.com/

• ATX Web Show – web stuff
  http://atxwebshow.com/
• The javascript show* – great js news and library coverage
  http://javascriptshow.com/

Non Tech

• iFanboy* – Comic book news and reviews
  http://ifanboy.com/
• Sword and Laser* – Science Fiction and Fantasy book club
  http://www.swordandlaser.com/
• 11 O’Clock Comics – Comic news and culture
  http://bullpenbulletinspodcast.com/
• Word Balloon – Comic creator interviews

  http://wordballoon.com/

• Fuzzy Typewriter – Random media / culture

  http://fuzzytypewriter.wordpress.com/

* I listen to every episode, others I cherry-pick

As long as Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action is a parent in your controller’s hierchy, you are good to go (it probably is).  This class has a const FLAG_NO_START_SESSION which looks promising. Digging into the code a little we see that it controls whether cookies are processed or the session is started:

<?php
...
        if (!$this->getFlag('', self::FLAG_NO_START_SESSION)) {
            $checkCookie = in_array($this->getRequest()->getActionName(), $this->_cookieCheckActions);
            $checkCookie = $checkCookie && !$this->getRequest()->getParam('nocookie', false);
            $cookies = Mage::getSingleton('core/cookie')->get();
            if ($checkCookie && empty($cookies)) {
                $this->setFlag('', self::FLAG_NO_COOKIES_REDIRECT, true);
            }
            Mage::getSingleton('core/session', array('name' => $this->_sessionNamespace))->start();
        }

By adding to the preDispatch() method of our Action or Controller we can toggle this:

<?php
class Ai_AjaxCatalog_Controller_Action extends Mage_Core_Controller_Front_Action
{
	public function preDispatch()
	{
		$this->setFlag('', self::FLAG_NO_START_SESSION, 1); // Do not start standard session
		parent::preDispatch();
		return $this;
	}
}

Now, any action in this controller will be stateless and not effect any sessions.

For firefox and chrome we now have the JiraTabs bookmark button.

Drag this link up to your bookmarks bar: JiraTabs. Then, whenever you are on a filter or search view of Jira’s, click the button and all the jira’s on your screen will open up in new tabs

Demo:

Any updates will be made here.

• April 21, 2011. Judgment Day. Kyle Reese and Derek Reese witness the launch of U.S. missiles while playing ball in their yard.^[1]

As a result of temporal interference by Sarah Connor, her son John, Miles Dyson, and the T-800^[2] destroyingCyberdyne headquarters and all backups of the research in 1995, the date for Judgment day is moved back to here.^[3] Skynet is destined to go online a few days earlier on April 19, 2011 at 20:11

app/code/local/Ai/Checkout/etc/config.xml:

<config>
    <modules>
        <Ai_Checkout>
             <version>0.0.1</version>
        </Ai_Checkout>
    </modules>
...
    <frontend>
        <routers>
            <checkout>
                <use>standard</use>
                <args>
                    <module>Ai_Checkout</module>
                    <frontName>checkout</frontName>
                </args>
            </checkout>
        </routers>
    </frontend>
</config>

app/code/local/Ai/Checkout/controllers/CartController.php:

require_once Mage::getModuleDir('controllers', 'Mage_Checkout') . DS . 'CartController.php';

class Ai_Checkout_CartController extends Mage_Checkout_CartController
{
   public function updatePostAction()
    {
    	Mage::log("NEW CONTROLLER", null, 'tim.log');
        try {

If you don’t have anything in the right hand column, enable Right-Side Chat from Gmail Labs.  We are going to add in some custom css to gmail so install either Stylist for Chrome or Stylish for Firefox.

Add the following style:

div.TZ:nth-child(8) {
    position:absolute !important;
    right:0px;
    top:165px;
    width:164px;
}

In chrome you can also restrict the domain to mail.google.com. For me, the Remember the Milk gadget was the 8th child. Play with this until it looks right for you. You may also have to play with the “top” element depending on how much room your chat gadget takes up

Welcome to the future of killing time on the internet, and getting paid for it: Digg is implementing a reverse pay wall! We believe this will greatly enhance the Digg experience. Early reaction from test users has been great. Can Duruk, developer at Digg, sums it up well:

“I thought Rebecca Black’s ‘Friday’ video was great now that I got paid to watch it!”

Now, I used to be on Digg for at least an hour a day. then v4 came… and it kind of sucks now….. Losing nested categories was a huge loss for me.

(9:39:48 AM) Tim: i would totally go back to digg to get paid http://about.digg.com/blog/cha-ching
(9:40:46 AM) Laura: Hmm
(9:41:00 AM) Laura: Digg is so horrible, that’s a little like being ok with becoming a prostitute
(9:41:03 AM) Laura: I mean, you get paid

It will be updating on your current installs tomorrow.

To download now: Windows, Mac, and Linux

in cofig/routes.rb

map.home '', :controller => 'projects', :action => 'show', :id => 'my_project_name'

> net start MongoDB
The Mongo DB service was started successfully.
>

> mongo
MongoDB shell version: 1.6.5
connecting to: test
>

In local.xml:

        <cache>
...
            <prefix>a1i</prefix>
            <id_prefix>a1i</id_prefix>
            <memcached>
...

Where full_config.xml is the file you want it dumped to.

• Want to get some RSS feeds onto the Kindle? (12 feeds for free) KindleFeeder is the way to go. It also has a bookmarklet for capturing and sending whole pages from your browser.I use this to send articles in Google Reader that I want to read later to my Kindle. I use my starred items to do this. Starred items have their own RSS feed which you can put into kindlefeeder. For information on how to get the link to the RSS of your starred items, click here.
• “Send to Kindle” for chrome is a button that will send the content of the page your are currently viewing.
• The third method is the built in free Kindle email address that isn’t broadly advertised: your.name@free.kindle.com will beam most docs that you mail it to your Kindle over wifi (does not work with 3G)
• Calibre is great for managing what is on your Kindle and converting just about any file format to .mobi (a format the Kindle can read).  Calibre can also be used to strip the DRM off of your purchased Kindle books