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Here's another article on setting up Django on EC2 -- but using NGinx and uWSGI: http://posterous.adambard.com/start-to-finish-serving-mysql-...
Re:Introducing: Django-IDE on Sunday December 11, 2011 @08:12PM (#3341763)
Isn't it common practice to gitignore the *.pyc files?
Re:Text Mate Fullscreen on Lion on Monday August 15, 2011 @07:59PM (#2889202)
don't forget the 'j.mp' URL-shortener!
Re:How Slavery Really Ended in America on Sunday April 03, 2011 @02:05AM (#2401956)
I don't know, the 'contraband' term is like the ultimate pivot.
Re:Kinected HealthIT? on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @12:32PM (#1979764)
Couldn't agree more. I'd like to see more devices capture/sync (rather than merely display) data.

I've been hacking on a project like that -- WiiScale is a Mac app that sends your weight (captured from a Wii BalanceBoard) to Google Health. Since it knows your height, it gives a realtime visualization of your BMI while you're on the scale.

Video/Download here: http://snosrap.com/wiiscale/ Source: http://code.google.com/p/wiiscale/