Category Archives: Tech

Local to External Django Docs Bookmarklet

April 7, 2009 – 8:53 am

As I'm learning Django, I've found it helpful to have a local copy of the Django docs to refer to. This is quicker than going to the Django docs site and also helps when I don't have a connection. The…

By Chris Scott | Also posted in Django | Comments (0)

Customizing Django's Admin Templates and Media When Using the Built-In Development Web Server

December 11, 2008 – 3:12 pm

At work today, Sean was playing around with creating a Django app and wanted to use the django-grappelli project to get a cool look for Django’s admin. I warned him against using the instructions included in the project since if you are…

By Chris Scott | Also posted in Django | Comments (9)

Guessing Email Passwords

August 8, 2008 – 10:54 am

As part of moving customers from one hosting system to another, we are setting up their email accounts with the same password they are currently using. Based on what I've seen so far, here's some tips for guessing email passwords:

  • Try…
By Chris Scott | Also posted in (In)Security | Comments (0)

OPUG FTW

August 1, 2008 – 8:11 am

The inaugural meetup of the Orlando Python Users Group was held Wednesday at Stardust. By all accounts (well, mine and Josh's so far), it was a success. Since our experienced Pythonistas weren't able to make it, it was a bit…

By Chris Scott | Also posted in Orlando, Python | Comments (1)

"Cryptography.CryptographicException: Bad Data" Exception Moving from .Net 1.1 to 3.5

April 18, 2008 – 4:10 pm

We just finished moving a few apps from .Net Framework 1.1 to 3.5. One of the problems we ran into was this exception when using some symmetric encryption code. When we decrypted the value from the DB, this was being…

By Chris Scott | Also posted in C# and ASP.NET | Comments (0)