The MAIN thing about Django templates
How to make sure you’re guaranteed to have your main content rendered no matter which base you extend, because every base template will provide a main block.
Read More The MAIN thing about Django templatesA few virtualenv tips
If you’re doing any development in Python, odds are you’re using virtualenv. And if you’re using virtualenv, odds are you’re using virtualenvwrapper. I came up with a few tricks to make my life easier, and I thought I ought to share them. And as a disclaimer: although I am obsessed with discovering best practices, these…
Read More A few virtualenv tipsSASS vs LESS
I started investigating CSS frameworks almost a year ago. Back then, the two main contenders were SASS and LESS. Well, there’s really three contenders if you count SASS and SCSS separately, but between those two, SCSS “won”, and in the future, when I say SASS, I mean SCSS. Based on hearsay on the Internet, people…
Read More SASS vs LESSHTML/CSS Best Practices
In the past, whenever I’ve done HTML, I’ve been bipolar. Either do whatever had to get done just to get the page rendered right, or stick to the lofty tenets of html5 and write semantic markup. Now that I’ve bounced between those two for a while now, I’ve learned a few things: Doing everything semantically…
Read More HTML/CSS Best PracticesFit Check
Notes on how major brands fit me. Banana Republic pants – most are too tight, though these fit well: classic fit: 30/30 kentfield straight-fit – 31/30, 30/30 is ok too Burberry shirts – S waist good, shoulders tight CK shirts – S good fit pants – too tight jackets – M good fit John Varvatos…
Read More Fit CheckCheap/Ugly/Functional shelving
As much as I’m a fan of metro shelving and gorilla racks. I was curious if I could throw together some cheap wood to make shelves. This is the first design I came up with. And here’s the first version I made: It’s basically my version 0, but I didn’t include the supports in the…
Read More Cheap/Ugly/Functional shelvingAustin Shake/Malt Roundup/Rankings
I really like ice cream. But sometimes I’m too lazy to sit there and use a spoon. So when that happens I reach for an ice cream shake. Here are the ones in town I like in most favorite to least: Recommended: Big Top – pretty much perfect. EZ’s – good options. Offers malts too.…
Read More Austin Shake/Malt Roundup/RankingsWeekend^H^H^Hday Hack
So today, being stuck in the house, I decide I should streamline some of my things in the unix world. So I picked up some BASH scripting. I got some serious flashbacks to the 90’s. I would have flashed back earlier, but I’m not old enough. It really makes you appreciate the UNIX geeks of…
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