After reading the comments on my last post, about my beefs with Django’s URL template tag, it sounds like I made an assumption that was incorrect: I had understood that the {% url %} tag is now considered a best practice, and using the get_asbsolute_url method in templates is now considered a less-than-best practice.

Turns out, most people agree with me that get_absolute_url is still a very valid method of getting the URL for an object's detail page for use in templates. Sounds like most people are now doing the same thing I do, which is to use the {% url %} tag when it makes sense (for pages not associated with an object, or for views with few or no arguments), and to use get_absolute_url for object detail pages

Continue reading »

January 7th, 2009

Status // 01.07.2009 // 3:24 PM // 0 Comments

Who’s up for going out in KC tonight? I gotta get outta this house…

Status // 01.07.2009 // 2:33 PM // 0 Comments

Suddenly there’s no more clouds / I believe without a doubt that heaven sent an angel down / And she turned my life around

Status // 01.07.2009 // 9:24 AM // 0 Comments

Living every week like it’s Shark Week.

January 6th, 2009

Status // 01.06.2009 // 8:29 PM // 0 Comments

Wondering how I became a commitment-phobic serial monogamist.

Status // 01.06.2009 // 6:32 PM // 0 Comments

Tonight’s fortune cookie message: “Digital circuits are made from analog parts.” Somehow that doesn’t sound like Confucius to me.

Photo // 01.06.2009 // 3:31 PM // 6 Comments
Sunset
Sunset
Status // 01.06.2009 // 10:32 AM // 0 Comments

I think I know the real reason Jobs didn’t do the Macworld keynote: he didn’t want to be responsible for showing off this boring shit.

January 5th, 2009

Status // 01.05.2009 // 4:37 PM // 0 Comments

Do I have any followers in North Kansas City? Just curious…if so, speak up!

Status // 01.05.2009 // 3:17 PM // 0 Comments

If you’re interested in the Blue Flavor secret project, and/or you’re interested in beer, be sure to follow @97bottles!

Status // 01.05.2009 // 2:17 PM // 0 Comments

Jammin’ to @rainaterror radio. I love your mix CDs, yo!

Status // 01.05.2009 // 11:46 AM // 0 Comments

LazyWeb Request: What’s the best multi-network IM client for iPhone?

Link // 01.05.2009 // 10:37 AM // 1 CommentSpace Miner

My good friend Laura Miner (who happens to be the wife of another good friend, Wilson Miner, now has a blog. It’s pretty and full of interesting content already. Until its recently-announced departure, Laura has been the Editor In Chief of JPG Magazine, so you might expect her blog to feature a lot of great photography — and you’d be right. Visit site »

Link // 01.05.2009 // 10:30 AM // 0 CommentsEE Insider

From Ryan Irelan comes this great resource of Expression Engine tips, tutorials, screencasts, and the like. Visit site »

January 4th, 2009

Photo // 01.04.2009 // 9:40 PM // 4 Comments
Kaya
Kaya
Photo favorite // 01.04.2009 // 3:42 PM // by twatson // 0 Comments
Angry Sarah
Angry Sarah by twatson
Status // 01.04.2009 // 3:20 PM // 0 Comments

Hello again, ATL. You are beginning to look mighty familiar.

Status // 01.04.2009 // 1:31 PM // 0 Comments

Good god. This is a damn big plane for an hour-long flight.

Status // 01.04.2009 // 9:39 AM // 0 Comments

Got a flight out of JAX; now in shuttle from Gainesville to Jacksonville.

Status // 01.04.2009 // 7:54 AM // 0 Comments

My flight has been canceled, and it doesn’t look like there are any other flights out today. This sucks.

January 3rd, 2009

Photo favorite // 01.03.2009 // 3:02 PM // by dotsara // 6 Comments
aspriational
aspriational by dotsara
Status // 01.03.2009 // 9:15 AM // 0 Comments

Don’t ever fucking question that.

January 2nd, 2009

Status // 01.02.2009 // 5:52 PM // 0 Comments

Incredible kabobs by @rainaterror! This bitch can cook!

Status // 01.02.2009 // 9:20 AM // 0 Comments

Disappearing ketchup.

January 1st, 2009

Status // 01.01.2009 // 4:36 PM // 0 Comments

2009 thus far: came home, had crackers thrown at me, slept, awakened, received spa treatment, napped, awakened, called cab for dinner.

Status // 01.01.2009 // 10:18 AM // 0 Comments

Turned in Man Club membership card; getting massage/manicure/pedicure at the hotel spa. Not ashamed.

Status // 01.01.2009 // 12:03 AM // 0 Comments

Happy New Years to my tweeps in the SEA, SF, and elsewhere in the PST!

December 31st, 2008

Status // 12.31.2008 // 11:07 PM // 0 Comments

Happy New Year to my tweeps in Mountain Time! The Broncos suck, but I love you fuckers anyway.

Complete tumblelog »