XMBC and PowerDVD HTPC

Power DVD shortcut keys
PowerDVD Ultra Keyboard Shortcuts

XBMC Launcher
http://code.google.com/p/xbmc-launcher/wiki/Main

Intel Board
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=32612&vpn=BOXDG45FC&manufacture=Intel

Howto: Make RML templates from Openoffice.org ODT files | SOASI

Howto: Make RML templates from Openoffice.org ODT files | SOASI

Django Cheat Sheet

A very good cheat sheet include Time and Date info

django-dynamic-formset

A nice simple jquery plugin to make dynameic formsets django-dynamic-formset

Source interface with Python and urllib2 - Stack Overflow

A monkey patch to change your source interface with python Source interface with Python and urllib2

import socket
true_socket = socket.socket
def bound_socket(*a, **k):
    sock = true_socket(*a, **k)
    sock.bind((sourceIP, 0))
    return sock
socket.socket = bound_socket

SplitSettings - Django

No sure why they don't set this up by default but the best way to setup your media and template paths is:

DIRNAME = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
DATABASE_NAME = os.path.join(DIRNAME, 'project.db')
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(DIRNAME,'media')
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(DIRNAME,'templates'),
)

SplitSettings - Django - Trac

Inlines support for Django generic views

Django generic views are missing one major feature, inline forms. This class is a drop in that adds the functionality. Wad of Stuff: Inlines support for Django generic views

How to use *args and **kwargs in Python

A good example of kwargs and args How to use *args and **kwargs in Python

Lazy choices in Django form

A cool library that django has the doesn't seem to be documented very well

from django.utils.functional import lazy

class CarSearchForm(forms.Form):  
    # lots of fields like this
    bodystyle = forms.ChoiceField(choices=lazy(bodystyle_choices, tuple)())

Lazy choices in Django form - Stack Overflow

Python get IP of interface

Recipe 439094: get the IP address associated with a network interface (linux only)

Simple Python ping method

def ping(host):
    result = subprocess.call(["ping","-c","1",host],stdout=subprocess.PIPE,stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
    if result == 0:
        return True
    elif result == 1:
        raise Exception('Host not found')
    elif result == 2:
        raise Exception('Ping timed out')

useage:

try:
    ping('192.168.100.100')
except Exception:
    print "Ping error"
    raise

Django/Eclipse Debug

This is a sweet setup for Django development with eclipse to use debug to run manage.py runserver YouTube - Django/Eclipse Debug

search and replace with regular expressions in eclipse

Found a great way to do dynamic search and replace in eclipse. search and replace with regular expressions in eclipse