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Generating Random Session IDs

{ Posted on Sep 13 2009 by david }
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Categories : Code Sample, Geek, Programming, Python
For any online service you must login so you can gain access to your stuff. So that you only have to put in your password once, the website must maintain a special unique character sequence called a session key ...Read More »

How to build and install the Metakit DB for Python on MacOSX

{ Posted on Feb 10 2009 by david }
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Categories : Code Sample, Geek, How-To, Technology
Ever since I used it years ago on a geek-project for my Zaurus, the Metakit DB has always been a favorite of mine. I had the chance to use it again on another personal project and this time on MacOSX. ...Read More »

Freezing away my Nokia woes

{ Posted on Apr 24 2006 by david }
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Categories : Geek
The biggest problem which still plagues my Nokia 6600 is that the phone is difficult to turn on after it has been turned off. When I try to turn it on the backlight will illuminate, but the boot ...Read More »

Nokia 6600 Resurrection

{ Posted on Mar 28 2006 by david }
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Categories : Geek
I have reason to believe that my mobile phone is dying, but I hope not. I bought my Nokia 6600 about 1.5 years ago and, up until 2.5 weeks ago, it has been a very dependable phone. Symptoms • The Message application ...Read More »

Hacking the front page to display my blog entries

{ Posted on Mar 12 2006 by david }
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Categories : Geek, How-To
The problem I wanted the home page of my web site to show my blog entries and also be a little more dynamic by displaying other related content. The default index_html page for my blog software, Quills, does display the current entries, ...Read More »

Ho Hum on the Apple front, but I still want a Mini

{ Posted on Mar 01 2006 by david }
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Categories : Apple, Geek, Misc
I am glad that Apple has upgraded the Mac Mini with the new Intel processors because I wanted to get one to use as my web server. Awhile back I read something which stated that Python runs slower with FreeBSD ...Read More »

Setup MarsEdit with Quills 0.9 Final

{ Posted on Feb 25 2006 by david }
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I have been wanting to find a better way to write blogs rather than using the Plone interface. I was happy to find that MarsEdit and Quills both implement several blog APIs. Though it would appear that the implementation for ...Read More »